Before revision: Ernest W. Burgess, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, has defined the term in these words: Sometimes, family traditions are associated with practices and beliefs which are handed over from one generation to the next, and during this process of transmission such family traditions also acquire an aura of spirituality.
After revision: Ernest W. Burgess, Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, has defined the term in these words: Sometimes, family traditions are associated with practices and beliefs which are handed over from one generation to the next, and during this process of transmission they acquire an aura of spirituality.