Journal Archives


Suicide Identification, Signs, Symptoms, and Prevention

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: November 16, 2025

Suicide continues to pose a major challenge to mental health systems worldwide, touching individuals, families, and communities...

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Revisiting "Opium of the Masses": A Pastoral-Counselling Framework for Understanding Religious Influence and Abuse in Ghana

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: November 1, 2025

The statement 'religion is the opium of the masses' has often been cited as a critique of how faith can numb people to painful realities...

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Imprecatory Prayer and the Ethic of Love: A Case Study of Christian Persecution in Nigeria

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: October 11, 2025

In recent years the Christian community in Nigeria has endured wave upon wave of brutal attacks...

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Healing Together: Pastoral Care in a Fractured, Traumatized World

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: September 19, 2025

This paper argues that pastoral care in the African context must be a communal and collective endeavor.

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Using the 12-Step to Wholeness Approach in Treating Marital Conflicts: A Case Study of Ghanaian Charismatic Churches in the Accra-Tema Area

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: June 5, 2025

Marital conflict remains one of the most pervasive challenges confronting Christian families...

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Pastoral Care and Hospice Support for the Elderly in Ghana: A Contextual Theological Reflection

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: June 2, 2025

Aging in Ghana is changing rapidly as traditional family structures weaken under modernization.

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Between Blood and Choice: How Cultural Expectations Shape Family Obligations in Ghana

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: February 1, 2025

Family remains one of the most enduring social institutions in Ghana, yet the expectations surrounding...

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Faith and Psyche: Conversations on African Christian Counselling

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: January 4, 2025

The relationship between faith and psychological well-being continues to shape pastoral practice across Africa.

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Sanctifying Temperament: The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Transformation of Personality in Christian Counseling

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: December 11, 2024

The human temperament, while divinely designed, carries both beauty and brokenness. In Christian...

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Faith-Informed Counseling and Temperament Theory: A Ghanaian Perspective on Integrating Theology, Psychology, and Culture

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: March 2, 2024

This work presents a Ghanaian approach to integrating theology, psychology, and culture in the practice of faith-informed counseling.

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The Theology of Hope in African Eschatology: Faith, Resilience, and the Future of the Church

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: December 8, 2023

In the African Christian imagination, hope has always been more than a doctrine; it is a survival strategy...

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Eschatology and Ecology: Reading Creation Care through the Lens of the New Creation.

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: January 15, 2022

In the African Christian imagination, eschatology has too often been interpreted as an escape from the earth...

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Temperament and Ministry Leadership: Understanding Emotional Intelligence among Ghanaian Clergy

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: August 8, 2019

Leadership in ministry requires more than theological knowledge; it demands emotional wisdom. This study explores...

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Counselling the Wounded Healer: A Temperament-Based Exploration of Compassion Fatigue in African Pastoral Ministry

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: June 26, 2017

Pastoral ministry, though sacred, can become emotionally draining when compassion is extended beyond one's capacity...

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Guiding the Adolescent Conscience: A Christian Counseling Approach to Managing Peer Pressure in Junior and Senior High Schools

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: February 9, 2011

Adolescence is a season of profound formation — a time when values, identity, and belonging are constantly negotiated within the crucible of social influence...

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Creation Therapy and Human Behaviour: Evaluating the Arno Profile System in Christian Counselling

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: August 1, 2004

Understanding human behaviour requires a framework that accounts for both psychological structure and spiritual identity...

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The Bible as Therapeutic Narrative: A Faith-Psychology Integration Approach to Pastoral Counselling

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: April 2, 2004

This article examines the Bible as a therapeutic narrative and explores how Scripture can be used in pastoral...

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Faith, Temperament, and Marriage Stability: A Case Study among Pentecostal Couples in Ghana

Rev. Prof. Samuel Oheneba-Dornyo

Published: February 3, 2004

This article investigates how temperament compatibility and shared Christian spirituality shape marital satisfaction...

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Before the Vows: Developing a Theological and Psychological Framework for Premarital Counselling in African Christian Contexts

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: December 18, 2003

Marriage in the African Christian context is often celebrated as a communal covenant but rarely approached as a deliberate formation of character and faith...

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Understanding Dreams: A Psychological and Pastoral Reflection within Ghanaian Faith Communities

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: November 7, 2003

Dream interpretation has held a prominent place in many Ghanaian faith-based communities...

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African Ecclesiology and the Crisis of Compassion: Re-envisioning the Church as a Healing Community.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: January 8, 2002

The African Church stands at a moral and spiritual crossroads...

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The Holy Spirit and the Human Psyche: A Pneumatological Framework for Christian Counseling in Africa

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: January 1, 2002

This article proposes a pneumatological framework for understanding and healing the human psyche within African Christian counselling...

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Divorce-Proofing the Christian Home: A Preventive Model for Marital Sustainability.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: December 1, 2001

The increasing incidence of marital breakdown within Christian communities calls for renewed attention to preventive approaches in marriage counseling and discipleship...

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Gender, Power, and the Gospel: Theological Reflections on Women's Redemption and Dignity in Africa.

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: April 10, 2001

In the African Christian imagination, marriage has often been viewed primarily as a social institution or cultural achievement...

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Forgiveness and Emotional Liberation: A Theological-Psychological Study Among Victims of Betrayal in the church

Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: December 18, 2000

Forgiveness stands at the intersection of faith, woundedness, and emotional recovery, yet it remains...

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The Theology of Rest: Sabbath, Stillness, and the Spiritual Renewal of Leaders

Rev. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: October 12, 1999

The demands of ministry often leave leaders drained, spiritually dulled, and emotionally overextended.

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The Imago Dei and Mental Health: Toward a Theological Anthropology of Wholeness.

Rev. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: July 18, 1999

In a world where mental health crises continue to erode human dignity, the doctrine of the Imago Dei-humanity...

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The Unequal Yoke and the Easy Yoke: A Deep Bible Study on Deuteronomy 22:10 and Matthew 11:28-30

Rev. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published: June 3, 1998

This theological chapter examines the spiritual and psychological symbolism of the "yoke" as presented in...

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