Christian Stokke

Associate Professor
Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Campus Drammen
I do research in the fields of spirituality and transpersonal psychology, as well as intercultural understanding. I teach in the international master's program in human rights and multiculturalism and Norwegian teacher education.

Publications

 

ONGOING RESEARCH PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:

"Soul merging or trauma bonding: psycho-spiritual transformations following twin flame encounters" (Eurotas, international conference in transpersonal psychology, Oaxaca, Mexico, 23 October 2025)

 

"Sacred union of the masculine and feminine Self: psycho-spiritual transformations following twin flame encounters" (British Psychological Society, Transpersonal Psychology Section annual conference, Scarborough, UK, 20 September 2025)

https://www.bps.org.uk/event/transpersonal-psychology-section-annual-conference-2025

 

"Astrology as a tool for career guidance and life coaching" (Eurotas, international conference in transpersonal psychology, Oxford, UK, 6 September 2024)

 

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

 

Stokke, Christian & Mira Cataya Rodriguez (2021): "Spiritual Awakening Experiences: A Phenomenological Study in Transpersonal Psychology" Self & Society 49(2): 9-25. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3923434 

 

Stokke, Christian (2021): "Exploring the transpersonal phenomena of spiritual love relations: A naturalistic observation study of soulmate
experiences shared in a New Age Facebook group" Journal for the Study of Spirituality 11(2): 130-144.  https://doi.org/10.1080/20440243.2021.1955454

 

Guro Hansen Helskog, Michael Weiss and Christian Stokke (2025): "Ways of Understanding Co-Incidences – Synchronicity, Intuition and Divine Guidance". In: Helskog, G.H., Christensen. I.R and Aamaas, Å. (eds.): Reflective Practice Research in International Collaboration. Developing Teacher Education in Togetherness. LIT Verlag

 

Christian Stokke (2021): "Consciousness Development in Rastafari: A Perspective from the Psychology of Religion" Anthropology of Consciousness 32(1): 81-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/anoc.12129

 

Mira Cataya Rodriguez & Christian Stokke (2019): “Taking spiritual experiences seriously in the religious education classroom” International Journal of Children’s Spirituality 24(3): 243-259https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2019.1646221

 

Stokke, Christian (2021): «Unlearning Racism through Transformative Interracial Dialogue» International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education  https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2021.1930245

 

OVERVIEW OF PUBLICATIONS:

Publications on researchgate

Publications on academia.edu

Publications in the Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)