Category Archives: Science

COMPANY at WRITERS THEATRE: Musical Theatre at Its Best

When God said, “It is not good for man to be alone,” He provided the stimulus for Stephen Sondheim’s landmark musical Company. God made the human being as a social animal. Without human interaction, newborns shrivel, and the elderly wither. Meanwhile, those in between seek to avoid the deadliness of being alone. Psychologist John Cacioppo […]

July 22, 2016 – 12:31 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Art, Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Music, Quotations, Science, Theater, Theology | Comments Off on COMPANY at WRITERS THEATRE: Musical Theatre at Its Best

SHAW’S YOU NEVER CAN TELL: Is a Father Necessary?

In an issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, Judith Stacey, a professor of sociology at New York University, and Timothy Biblarz, a demographer from the University of Southern California, consolidated the available data on the role of gender in child rearing and concluded “based strictly on the published science, one could argue that […]

March 7, 2016 – 6:26 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Quotations, Science, Theater, Uncategorized | Comments Off on SHAW’S YOU NEVER CAN TELL: Is a Father Necessary?

Were Adam and Eve Real or a Myth? Science Says Real

A few days ago when I was talking about Adam and Eve, my teenage son remarked that in school (a Catholic school, no less) he was taught that Adam and Eve were mytholocial, not real. I told him I thought they were both, first real , then typological, and eventually mythological. I had forgotten a key […]

June 12, 2008 – 8:43 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in History, Men and Women, Science, Theology | Comments Off on Were Adam and Eve Real or a Myth? Science Says Real

THE LANGUAGE OF GOD: Coincidence is God’s Way of Talking to Us

While God was working on getting me into His kingdom, I turned on the television one Sunday morning to settle my mind after a baffling series of coincidences,only to find, on a random channel, the old evangelist R.A. Shaumbach saying, “Coincidence is God’s way of talking to us.” I immediately turned off the television.

December 15, 2006 – 8:10 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Science | Comments (1)