Praxis

Praxis may refer to:

Philosophy and religion

• Praxis (process), the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practiced, embodied, or realized
• Praxis (Byzantine Rite), the practice of faith, especially worship
• Christian theological praxis, the practice of the Gospel in the world
• Praxis School, a Marxist humanist philosophical movement
  • Praxis (journal), a journal of the Praxis School
  • Praxis International, the continuation of Praxis and predecessor of Constellations
• Praxis Journal of Philosophy, a journal of philosophy of the University of Manchester

Organizations and business

• Praxis (organization), an apprenticeship program meant to be an alternative to a traditional college education
• Praxis (store), a Dutch chain of hardware stores
• Altran Praxis, a British software company
• Praxis Business School, Kolkata, a management institute in India
• Praxis Care, a social-care charity based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Praxis Ethiopia, international organisation addressing poverty in Ethiopia

The arts

• Praxis, a novel by Fay Weldon, published in 1978
• The Praxis, a 2002 novel by Walter Jon Williams
• Praxis (album), by Cecil Taylor recorded live in Italy in 1968
• Praxis (band), an experimental rock project led by Bill Laswell
• Praxis (art collaborative), American art duo

In fiction

• Praxis, a fictional planetary body in the Star Trek universe
  • Praxis effect, a special effect named after the fictional planet
• Praxis, a metanational corporation in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy
• Praxis, a fictional underground metropolis in the SyFy series Sanctuary
• Praxis Kit, an item used to unlock various abilities in several of the Deus Ex video games
• Praxis, a series of restaurants that are really the same restaurant, visited by the characters Keisha and Sylvia on the Podcast Alice Isn't Dead (Part 2, Chapter 4, Chain) Alice Isn't Dead

Other uses

• Praxis (moth), a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family
• Praxis Discussion Series, televised discussion on international development established by the World Bank in Australia
• Praxis intervention, in social work, a methodology for intervention within communities
• Praxis Rabemananjara (born 1987), Malagasy footballer
• Praxis test, a United States teacher certification exam

See also

• Practice (disambiguation)
• Praksis, a Marxist interdisciplinary academic journal
• Praxeology