tradition

Examples of tradition in the following topics:

• Traditional Authority

  • Traditional authority refers to a form of leadership in which authority derives from tradition or custom.
  • Traditional authority is generally associated with monarchies or tribal systems.
  • For example, historically, kings derived their authority from tradition.
  • Traditional authority is a type of leadership in which the authority of a ruling regime is largely tied to tradition or custom.
  • Weber traced traditional domination back to patriarchs, their households, and the ancient tradition of the family.

• Theism and Monotheism

  • Christian, Islamic and Jewish religions are theisms that comprise the monotheistic tradition that believes that there is only one God in all creation.
  • Due to the ubiquity of theistic traditions, Emilee Durkheim saw the deities as an extension of human social life.
  • When only one deity is recognized, the faith tradition is called monotheistic.
  • Faith traditions involving more than one deity are called polytheistic.
  • Some forms of Hinduism like Smartism/Advaita Vedanta are considered soft polytheistic traditions.

• Alternatives to Traditional Health Care

  • Whole medical systems cut across more than one of the other groups; examples include traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy, and Ayurveda.
  • Alternative medicine is any practice claiming to heal "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine. " It may be based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence.
  • Methods may incorporate or base themselves on traditional medicine, folk knowledge, spiritual beliefs, or newly conceived approaches to healing.
  • Whole medical systems cut across more than one of the other groups; examples include traditional Chinese medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy, and Ayurveda.

• Value Clusters

  • In general, the World Values Survey has revealed two major axes along which values cluster: (1) a continuum from traditional to secular values and (2) a continuum from survival to self-expression.
  • Traditional values emphasize the importance of religion, parent-child ties, deference to authority, and traditional family values.
  • Secular values have the opposite preferences to the traditional values.
  • These societies place less emphasis on religion, traditional family values, and authority.
  • Industrialization tends to bring a shift from traditional values to secular ones.

• Durkheim and Social Integration

  • Emile Durkheim studied how societies maintained social integration after traditional bonds were replaced by modern economic relations.
  • Thus, although modern society may undermine the traditional bonds of mechanical solidarity, it replaces them with the bonds of organic solidarity.
  • Further, Durkheim argued, the organic solidarity of modern societies might have advantages over traditional mechanical solidarity.
  • In traditional societies, people are self-sufficient, and therefore society has little need for cooperation and interdependence.
  • Traditional mechanical solidarity may tend, therefore, to be authoritarian and coercive.

• The Conflict Perspective

  • The traditional family form in most cultures is patriarchal, contributing to inequality between the sexes.
  • Traditional male roles and responsibilities are valued more than the traditional roles done by their wives (i.e., housekeeping, child rearing).
  • The traditional family is also an inequitable structure for women and children.

• Religious Denominations

  • A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.
  • A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.
  • At a broader level, the term "interfaith dialogue" refers to cooperative, constructive, and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and spiritual or humanistic beliefs—at both an individual and institutional level.

• Formulating the Hypothesis

  • One of his hypotheses was that regions with strong traditions of civic engagement would have more responsive, more democratic, and more efficient governments, regardless of the institutional form that government took.
  • All of these governments had similar institutions, but the regions had different traditions of civic engagement.
  • Putnam's evidence supported his hypothesis: in the north, which had a stronger tradition of civic engagement, government was indeed more responsive and more democratic.
  • All of these governments had similar institutions, but the regions had different traditions of civic engagement.
  • Putnam's evidence supported his hypothesis: in the north, which had a stronger tradition of civic engaegment, government was indeed more responsive and more democratic.

• Family Structures

  • The traditional family structure consists of two married individuals providing care for their offspring, but this is becoming more uncommon.
  • The traditional family structure in the United States is considered a family support system which involves two married individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring.
  • The nuclear family is considered the "traditional" family and consists of a mother, father, and the children.

• The Elements of Religion

  • This distinction makes sense when we think about western religious traditions where, for example, the Torah and Bible are considered holy books treated with reverence and respect.
  • The reverence afforded to the U.S. constitution, cars, shoes and former presidents clearly constitutes the sacred and thus religious, though the vast majority of U.S. religious practitioners would disagree that they are members of multiple faith traditions.
  • Though not without criticisms, this categorization most closely adheres to the traditional and popular view of what constitutes a religion .