{"id":1498,"date":"2013-03-29T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html"},"modified":"2013-03-29T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T19:49:00","slug":"doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html","title":{"rendered":"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/p>\n

Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1<\/span>\u00a0and Jackson\u00a0are summoned. Perhaps no greater, however, comes to the forefront than the [in]famous\u00a0Pierre Bourdieu<\/a>. Known most contentiously for his theory of\u00a0habitus\u00a0<\/i>(which he spent the bulk of his life defending), I believe the true gem of his work is nestled deeper in his theory of\u00a0practice<\/i>(which, ironically, is what he titled his initial, seminal text, and which very few remember him for). It is in his theory of practice that I feel I can best represent my religious community.<\/span><\/div>\n
To fully explain how I relate Bourdieu to Quakers, some groundwork must be laid. Fellow anthropologist and Quaker Peter Collins calls attention to two of Bourdieu\u2019s terms which lie in tandem with one-another:\u00a0doxa<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0praxis.<\/i>\u00a0Whilst these two may lie in direct opposition, they do so only in terms of manifestation, and they are, therefore, not entirely incompatible.\u00a0Doxa<\/i>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0what a person believes\u00a0\u2013\u00a0is an inherently personal, internal process.Praxis<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 what a person does \u2013 is, eo ipso, public: actions are performed externally in the sphere of \u2018us\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n
Collins has, elsewhere, explored Quaker-ism more fully than I can lay out here. I do not want to edge in on his field. I do, however, want to express a personal voice within it.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is common vernacular, in Quaker circles, that Quaker-ism is less about ortho-doxy<\/i>\u00a0and more about ortho-praxy<\/i>; it is less about correct-belief, and more about correct-action. Our semi-canonic text, even, is titled \u2018Quaker Faith and\u00a0Practice<\/i>\u2019 (emphasis mine). The smaller, portable, text is the first two sections of that text, known as \u2018Advices and Queries\u2019, implying no certainty, merely \u2018more conversation needed\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n
Many Meetings (the equivalent of a synagogue, temple, or church service) vary greatly in terms of what each member\u00a0believes<\/i>. I remember one of my first Meetings. We worship in the \u2018traditional\u2019 Quaker fashion: the Unprogrammed Meeting. In these, Friends gather, sit in concentric circles, and meditate\/ruminate in silence. If any one Friend feels prompted to speak, they stand and do so.<\/span><\/div>\n
Read the rest here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1\u00a0and Jackson\u00a0are summoned. Perhaps no greater, however, comes to the forefront than the [in]famous\u00a0Pierre Bourdieu. Known most contentiously for his theory of\u00a0habitus\u00a0(which he spent the bulk of his life defending), I believe the true gem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDoxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rhetoric Race and Religion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html\",\"name\":\"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\"},\"description\":\"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/\",\"name\":\"Rhetoric Race and Religion\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2\",\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Guest Contributor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith","description":"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith","og_description":"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html","og_site_name":"Rhetoric Race and Religion","article_published_time":"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00","author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html","name":"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00","dateModified":"2013-03-29T19:49:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2"},"description":"Quakers are an interesting bunch in that our religious practice is precisely that: practice. Surrounding this word, minds like de Certeau1 and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/03\/doxa-cum-praxis-paradoxical-interfaith.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Doxa-cum-Praxis: Paradoxical Interfaith"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/","name":"Rhetoric Race and Religion","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/2869b699bf0e57982cb1f212243705f2","name":"Guest Contributor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5010a3cc274cdb37811bf24de46dc280?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Guest Contributor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}