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 model, a way of doing theology
• 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 (British philosophy journal), a journal of philosophy published by the University of Manchester
• Praxis (Yugoslav philosophy journal), a journal of philosophy published by Praxis School
  • Praxis International, the continuation of Praxis and predecessor of Constellations
• Praxis: Journal of Gender and Cultural Critiques

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 (dance music act)
• Praxis (art collaborative), American art duo

In fiction

• Praxis, a fictional planetary body in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • 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")
• Baron Praxis, an antagonist in the 2003 video game Jak II

Other uses

• Praxis (moth), a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
• 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)
• Praxeology