According to Shils , tradition is anything which is transmitted or handed down from the past to the present .
In 1981 Edward Shils in his book Tradition put forward a definition of tradition that became universally accepted .
According to Edward Shils , tradition is anything which is transmitted or handed down from the past to the present .
In 1981 Edward Shils in his book Tradition put forward a definition of tradition that became universally accepted .