Theology or Tradition?

As I tell people I'm going to Reformed Theological Seminary, I'm intrigued by their comments on their experience with the Reformed tradition. It leads me to believe there's a lot more to this "Reformed" thing than I originally thought. I have always been of the mindset that by title, a theological position and a denominational tradition can be very different things. For example, the Baptist tradition could easily be stereotyped as quite strict and fundamentalist. However I know quite a few people who would consider themselves to be Baptist theologically, though not necessarily "baptist" in the traditional practice. I assume this may be the case within the Reformed tradition as well. The real question, regardless of the denomination, is how much of our practice is shaped by our tradition vs how much is shaped by our theology.