Orientalist continuity operates through a shared lay doxology rather than blood lineage

Evidence

As for carrying on such methods and such positions beyond the life-span of any individual Orientalist, there would be a secular tradition of continuity, a lay order of disciplined methodologists, whose brotherhood would be based, not on blood lineage, but upon a common discourse, a praxis, a library, a set of received ideas, in short, a doxology, common to everyone who entered the ranks. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 332

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘doxology’ concept — the shared discourse, praxis, library that constitutes the discipline’s membership and continuity.
• XREF: Parallels Kuhn’s disciplinary matrix/normal science, and Foucault’s discursive formations as what make a field cohere.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 332