Traditionalism Explained

Traditionalism is the adherence to traditional beliefs or practices. It may also refer to:

Religion

• Traditional religion, a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group
• Traditionalism (19th-century Catholicism), a 19th-century theological current
• Traditionalist Catholicism, 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
• Traditionalism (Islam), an early Islamic movement advocating reliance on the prophetic traditions (hadith)
• Traditionalist theology (Islam), a modern movement that rejects rationalistic theology (kalam)
• Traditionalism (Islam in Indonesia), an Indonesian Islamic movement upholding vernacular and syncretic traditions
• Traditionalist School (perennialism), a school of religious interpretation concerned with the perceived demise of Western knowledge

Politics

• Traditionalist conservatism, a school concerned about traditional values, practical knowledge and spontaneous natural order
  • Traditionalist conservatism in the United States, a post-World War II American political philosophy
• Carlism, a 19th–20th century Spanish political movement related to Traditionalism
• Traditionalism (Spain), a Spanish political doctrine

Other uses

• Traditionalist School (architecture), a movement in early 20th-century Dutch architecture
• Traditionalism Revisited, a 1957 album by American jazz musician Bob Brookmeyer

See also

• Radical Traditionalism (disambiguation)
• Tradition (disambiguation)
• Trad (disambiguation)