Traditionalism is the adherence to

tradition A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

al beliefs or practices. It may also refer to:

Religion

Traditional religion In religious studies, an ethnic religion is a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group. Ethnic religions are often distinguished from universal religions, such as Christianity or Islam, in which gaining converts is a prima ...

, a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group *

Traditionalism (19th-century Catholicism) Traditionalism, in the context of 19th-century Catholicism, refers to a theory which held that all metaphysical, moral, and religious knowledge derives from God's revelation to man and is handed down in an unbroken chain of tradition. It denied tha ...

, a 19th–century theological current *

Traditionalist Catholicism Traditionalist Catholicism is the set of beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions, and presentations of Catholic teaching that existed in the Catholic Church before the liberal reforms of the Second Vatican Council ...

, a modern movement that rejects the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) * Traditionalist Christianity, also known as Conservative Christianity * Traditionalism (Islam), an early Islamic movement advocating reliance on the prophetic traditions (''hadith'') *

Traditionalist theology (Islam) Atharī theology or Atharism ( ar, الأثرية: / , " archeological"), otherwise referred to as Traditionalist theology or Scripturalist theology, is one of the main Sunni schools of Islamic theology. It emerged as an Islamic scholarly mo ...

, a modern movement that rejects rationalistic theology (''kalam'') *

Traditionalism (Islam in Indonesia) In the context of Muslim society in Indonesia, Traditionalism or traditionalist Islam refers to a religious strand which puts emphasis on preserving traditionally established local rituals and scholarship. Traditionalist Muslims refer to themselve ...

, an Indonesian Islamic movement upholding vernacular and syncretic traditions *

Traditionalist School (perennialism) The Traditionalist or Perennialist School is a group of 20th- and 21st-century thinkers who believe in the existence of a perennial wisdom or perennial philosophy, primordial and universal truths which form the source for, and are shared by, all ...

, a school of religious interpretation concerned with the perceived demise of Western knowledge

Politics

Traditionalist conservatism Traditionalist conservatism, often known as classical conservatism, is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes the importance of transcendent moral principles, manifested through certain natural laws to which society should adhere ...

, a school concerned about traditional values, practical knowledge and spontaneous natural order **

Traditionalist conservatism in the United States Traditionalist conservatism in the United States is a political, social philosophy and variant of conservatism based on the philosophy and writings of Aristotle and Edmund Burke. Traditional conservatives emphasize the bonds of social order over ...

, a post-World War II American political philosophy * Carlism, a 19th–20th century Spanish political movement related to Traditionalism *

Traditionalism (Spain) Traditionalism ( es, tradicionalismo) is a Spanish political doctrine formulated in the early 19th century. It understands politics as implementing the social kingship of Jesus Christ, with Catholicism as the state religion and Catholic religious ...

, a Spanish political doctrine

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Traditionalist School (architecture) Traditionalist architecture is an architectural movement in Europe since the beginning of the 20th century in the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Germany et al. In the Netherlands Traditionalism was a reaction to the Neo Gothic and Neo-Renaissance ...

, a movement in early 20th-century Dutch architecture * ''

Traditionalism Revisited ''Traditionalism Revisited'' is an album by jazz trombonist and pianist Bob Brookmeyer featuring popular music of the 1920s and 1930s recorded in 1957 for the World Pacific label. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "While these ...

'', a 1957 album by American jazz musician Bob Brookmeyer

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