Praxis

Praxis may refer to:

Philosophy and religion

• Praxis (process), the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practised, embodied, or realised
• 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
• The Book of Acts (Greek: Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, romanized: Práxeis Apostólōn), or a reading from it
• 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

Organizations and business

• Praxis (store), a Dutch chain of hardware stores
• Altran Praxis, a British software company
• Praxis Care, a social-care charity based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Praxis Ethiopia, an international organisation addressing poverty in Ethiopia
• Praxis (trade union), Irish trade union for professional artists

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), an American art duo
• PRAXIS: a journal of writing + building, published by the Ohio State University College of Engineering

In fiction

• Praxis, a fictional moon in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• 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", an episode of the podcast Alice Isn't Dead
• 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 (proposed city), company formed in 2019 that plans to create a city in the Mediterranean
• Praxis Rabemananjara (born 1987), Malagasy footballer
• Praxis test, a United States teacher certification exam
• PRAXXIS, (with added X) a feminist design atelier at Manchester School of Architecture led by Helen Iball (also known as Helen Aston).

See also

• Practice (disambiguation)
• Praxeology
• Orthopraxy, correct conduct in religions