Traditionalism is the adherence to

tradition A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common e ...

al beliefs or practices. It may also refer to:

Religion

Traditional religion In religious studies, an ethnic religion or ethnoreligion is a religion or belief associated with notions of heredity and a particular ethnicity. Ethnic religions are often distinguished from universal religions, such as Christianity or Islam ...

, 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 th ...

, a 19th-century theological current *

Traditionalist Catholicism Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). Tr ...

, a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). * Traditionalist Christianity, also known as

Conservative Christianity Conservative Christianity, also known as conservative theology, theological conservatism, traditional Christianity, or biblical orthodoxy is a grouping of overlapping and denominationally diverse theological movements within Christianity that se ...

* Traditionalism (Islam), an early Islamic movement advocating reliance on the prophetic traditions (''hadith'') *

Traditionalist theology (Islam) Atharism ( / , "of Athar (disambiguation), ''athar''") is a schools of Islamic theology, school of theology in Sunni Islam which developed from circles of the , a group that rejected rationalistic Islamic theology, theology in favor of strict te ...

, 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 themselv ...

, an Indonesian Islamic movement upholding vernacular and syncretic traditions *

Traditionalism (perennialism) Traditionalism, also known as the Traditionalist School, is a school of thought within perennial philosophy. Originating in the thought of René Guénon in the 20th century, it proposes that a single primordial, metaphysical truth forms the sou ...

, a school of religious interpretation originating with René Guénon

Politics

Traditionalist conservatism Traditionalist conservatism, often known as classical conservatism, is a political philosophy, political and social philosophy that emphasizes the importance of transcendent moral principles, manifested through certain posited natural laws t ...

, 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 philosophy, political and social philosophy and variant of Conservatism in the United States, conservatism. It has been influenced by thinkers such as John Adams and Russell Kirk. D ...

, a post-World War II American political philosophy *

Carlism Carlism (; ; ; ) is a Traditionalism (Spain), Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty, one descended from Infante Carlos María Isidro of Spain, Don Carlos, ...

, a 19th–20th century Spanish political movement related to Traditionalism *

Traditionalism (Spain) Traditionalism () is a Spanish political doctrine formulated in the early 19th century and developed until today. It understands politics as implementing Catholic social teaching and the social kingship of Jesus Christ, with Catholicism as the s ...

, 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 the ...

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

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