Nonetheless, Eliante did not dwell as much as we would have liked on the actual tradition question.
But dance, more than any other form — and especially modern dance, that idiosyncratic tradition — compels questions of mortality early on.
The Russian president's phone-in session with the nation has become an annual tradition, with questions coming from audience members in the studio and phone calls from around the country.
Tradition is presented as a resource and a provocation for thinking and creativity: whereas sameness is the currency of a conservative conception of tradition, instability, questions and the challenge of otherness are the drivers of Gadamer's more dialogical concept of tradition.
So when I think about being both gay and Jewish, the question I ask is not, "Is my life and are my actions prohibited by the biblical text and rabbinic tradition?" The questions I ask instead are these: How can I live my life in a way that is beautiful?
The tradition in question is a matter of appearances, literally.
But instead of simply carping about students with colleagues in the great faculty-lounge tradition, Ms. Davidson questioned the whole form of the research paper.
But even though "Agni Varsha" is set in ancient times and rooted in Hindu traditions, the questions it poses about morality, faith and destiny transcend culture.
The Koran itself is a text that scholars outside of the Islamic tradition have questioned in terms of when it was put together, how much by Mohammed, how soon after Mohammed.
Exploration of select themes, such as how Christians approach diversity, attitudes toward non-Christian traditions, existential questions of suffering and violence, the encounter with modern science, the roles of women, liturgical time and pilgrimage.
