Religious Dressing and Morality in Ilorin Metropolis of Kwara State, Nigeria
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2018-03
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Journal of Education and Society. Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt
Abstract
Religion is conceived to be greater than an array of beliefs by some people as they are often translated into action.
These actions are often showcased in a multitude of ways ranging from the erection of cathedrals of worship to
dressing in a particular manner. A key purpose of religious dressing is to exemplify holiness or purity which is
usually interpreted to mean morality. Morality entails actions viewed to be proper as distinguished from improper
ones. It is in line with this that a study was carried out in Ilorin metropolis in order to establish if there is a
significant relationship between the adornment of religious attires and the engagement in moral acts. The social
control theory was employed to explain this phenomenon with purposive sampling used in the selection of
respondents. The analysis was based on 210 respondents with the use of the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences.
The study revealed that the adornment of religious attires has a significant relationship with the engagement in moral
acts. Based on this, the study recommends that people should be encouraged to dress to their religious requirement
as long as the general public is not put in danger.
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Religious, Dressing, Morality, Illorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Citation
Raji, A., Muhammed, A. Y., Adeshina, I.O., Raji, K.O., Sulaiman, L. A., & Raji, A. A. (2018): Religious Dressing and Morality in Ilorin Metropolis of Kwara State, Nigeria. Journal of Education and Society. 8(1); 28-34, Published by Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. Available online at http://jesjes.com.ng.