The Mystery of Erich Przywara’s use of Rhythm: Further Thoughts to the Syndicate Symposium
The reason for a Protestant’s engagement with Erich Przywara’s analogia entis.
Lexi Eikelboom
Lexi Eikelboom, DPhil (Oxford) is currently transitioning to the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at the Australian Catholic University.
The Drummer is the Mother
Contrary to its associations with masculinity, the best image for a the function of a jazz drummer may be mothering.
Arrival, Advent, and Nietzsche
WARNING: Spoilers!
The significance of contemplating the new film “Arrival” during the season of advent.
Foreword to Research Tutorial Students’ Self-Published Essays
The book, titled Forming Influence: Collected Papers from the 2016 John Wesley Honors College Research Tutorial, includes essays from a very broad range of topics but all of them are about the ways and forms through which we are influenced and in turn influence the world around us.
Module 4, Class 4: Smartphones are not objects, they’re patterns
Whoever or whatever controls our rhythms, controls society. One big contender seems to be the smartphone. Are we ready for that?
Module 3, Class 3: Rhythm and Interpersonal Communication (with particular reference to ASD)
The role of rhythm to create connections with non-verbal individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder reveals something about communication in general.
Module 3, Class 2: Strategic Deployments of Rhythm for Social Change
Rhythm is used as a tool of social change both in its capacity to hold people together and its capacity to challenge the status quo through improvisation.
Module 3, Class 1: Rhythm: Holding People Together, Keeping People Apart
The roles of rhythm in communal identity-formation are complex. Take as an example its role in race-relations in the Americas.
Module 2, Class 4: Is Rhythm the Same as Rote?
Why do rote rituals appear to be ineffective against depression? Does this mean rhythm is irrelevant?
Module 2, Class 3: Acedia and Monastic Rhythms
As it happens, St Benedict attempted to curb something very much like depression through the application of rhythm.
The Rhythmic Theology Project 