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In the book "Faith in Art: Religion, Aesthetics, and Early Abstraction" by Joseph Masheck, the author explores the theological influences on four originators of abstract art: Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, and El Lissitzky. Masheck challenges the idea that abstraction arises solely from theosophy or anti-religious spirituality, instead showing how these artists were connected to specific religious traditions. The book raises philosophical questions about the nature of origins and the influences that shape artworks. Masheck argues for a more diffuse understanding of influence, emphasizing the porosity and environment of artistic development rather than a linear genealogy. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a comparison between the use of rhythm by philosophers Erich Przywara and Giorgio Agamben for dialogue between Catholic metaphysics and postmodernism. Topics discussed include Przywara's concept analogia entis in theology, Christian analogy and Agamben's conception of rhythm in explicit dialogue with Aristotle.