Tradition (Tradition)

(Language: English)

Short Description: (as the term is used by “Traditionalists” and in the “Perennial Philosopy”:) Divine Revelation and the unfolding and development of its sacred content

Long Description: (as the term is used by “Traditionalists” and in the “Perennial Philosopy”:) Divine Revelation and the unfolding and development of its sacred content, in time and space, such that the forms of society and civilization maintain a “vertical” connection to the meta-historical, transcendental substance from which revelation itself derives.

Sources: Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard