Christian Stokke

Associate Professor
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies
Campus Drammen (5311)
I do research on spirituality and self-development, transpersonal psychology, life skills and religious education, multicultural and antiracist education, and postcolonial feminism. I teach in the international master's program in human rights and multiculturalism and Norwegian teacher education. **I am available for podcast talks and interviews on alternative media about spiritual awakening and related topics**

CV

Publications

SPIRITUALITY:

1. Stokke, Christian & Mira Cataya Rodriguez (2023). Når spiritualitet blir kroppslig: Personer i det norske alternativmiljøet forteller om oppvåkningsopplevelser og psykologisk transformasjon. (When spirituality becomes embodied. Persons in the Norwegian spiritual community talk about awakening experiences and psychological transformation) AURA - Tidsskrift for akademiske studier av nyreligiøsitet13, 67–88. https://journals.uis.no/index.php/AURA/article/view/632/417 (ENGLISH ABSTRACT, MAIN ARTICLE IN NORWEGIAN)

Related: Podcast talk on intuition in the academe with Filosoferika 7.12.2023: https://open.spotify.com/episode/41odOjU0KIRHvXw1GcxS4B (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

Related: Podcast talk on mediating between two realities with Miravoska 16.11.2023:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/55ErVUAPTpF3o7MwTU46wT (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

 

2. Stokke, Christian & Mira Cataya Rodriguez (2021): "Spiritual Awakening Experiences: A Phenomenological Study in Transpersonal Psychology" Self & Society 49(2): 9-25. https://ahpb.org/index.php/spiritual-awakening-experiences/ (ENGLISH)

Interview about the article in the Norwegian magazine “Medium” (subscribers only):  https://medium.no/spirituell-utvikling/onsker-a-normalisere-spirituell-oppvakning/ (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

Podcast talk about the article with Miravoska 1.3.2023:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Im0cXL2htREWhJ2w3niKm (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

Podcast talk about the article with Filosoferika 23.05.2023:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tMRn7HoH0JmLUHNAVp7wK (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

 

3. 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 (ENGLISH)

IntervIew about the article: https://youtu.be/HsWKMZi8zBo (ENGLISH)

4. 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 (ENGLISH)

Interview about the article: https://youtu.be/DEKGVJ7OyA4 (ENGLISH)

5. Christian Stokke & Mira Cataya Rodriguez (2020): "Livsmestring og selvutvikling i KRLE – tar faget en subjektiv vending?" Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 37(2): 137-148. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3053-2020-02-05 (NORWEGIAN ONLY)

Comment on the topic on «KRLE-podden»:  https://www.krlepodden.com/episoder/2018/10/31/ny-lreplan-2-kompetansemlene-som-kom-og-gikk (ONLY IN NORWEGIAN)

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

7. Guro Hansen Helskog & Christian Stokke (2014): “Enhancing relational spirituality. Dialogues dialogues in intercultural and interfaith education» Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 24(2), pp 202-220.

 

ANTIRACISM:

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

2. Christian Stokke (2021): "Discourses of colorblind racism on an internet forum" Journal of Multicultural Discourses 16 (1): 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2021.1896529

3. Christian Stokke (2019): «Do antiracist efforts and diversity programs make a difference» Assessing the case of Norway» i Peter Hervik (ed.): Racialization in the Nordic Countries. Palgrave.  

4. Christian Stokke & Lena Lybæk (2018): “Combining intercultural dialogue and critical multiculturalism” Ethnicities 18(1), pp. 70-85. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796816674504

5. Elisabeth Stenshorne & Christian Stokke (2015): “Utvikling av en mangfoldssensitiv klasseledelse» Flerkulturelt Verksted: Ulike tilnærminger til kompetanse for mangfold, pp. 226-239. Portal Forlag.

6. Christian Stokke & Guro Hansen Helskog (2014): «Promoting Dialogical Democracy. Dialogos Dialogues in intercultural and interfaith education» Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 24(2), pp 182-201.