Traditionalism in religious contexts can refer to traditional, orthodox doctrines.
In the Roman Catholic Church, traditionalism is the doctrine that Sacred Tradition holds equal authority to Holy Scripture. In the Orthodox Church, scripture is considered to be the core constituent of a larger revelation. These views are often condemned as heretical by Protestant churches, which hold the Bible to be the only valid authority. Inspired by the Protestant rejection of traditionalism, some in the so called "Age of Enlightenment" began to question even the authority of the Bible itself. The parentage of liberalism stems from this attack on accepted notions of European traditional institutions, religious belligerence, state interference and aristocratic privilege.
The label "Traditionalist Catholic" refers to those, such as Archbishop Lefebvre, who want the worship and practices of the church to be as they were before the Second Vatican Council (1962–65).[1]
"Radical Traditionalism" refers to a worldview that stresses a return to traditional values of hard work, craftsmanship, local culture, tribal or clan orientation, and non-material values in response to a perceived excess of materialism, consumerism, technology, and societal homogeneity. Most Radical Traditionalists choose this term for themselves to stress their reaction to 'modern' society, as well as their disdain for more 'recent' forms of traditionalism based on Judeo-Christian and early-Industrial Age values. Radical Traditionalism is often allied with branches of Paganism that stress a return to old cultural values that predated the existence of the state system.
In Islam, traditionalism is the orthodox form and places importance on traditional forms of learning and acknowledges different.