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


Authors: Rev. Dr. Samuel Oheneba Dornyo

Published on: November 1, 2025

Abstract

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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Dornyo, S. (2025). Revisiting "Opium of the Masses": A Pastoral-Counselling Framework for Understanding Religious Influence and Abuse in Ghana. ODUCCP Journal of Mental Health & Counselling, Vol. 1, No. 28, pp. 1–87.

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