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Abstract

In an increasingly interconnected world, the intersection of diverse cultures has become a rich ground for exchanging ideas, traditions, and values. At the heart of this cultural crossroads lies the potential for spiritual-based values to go beyond geographical, linguistic, and ideological boundaries. These values emerge from religious traditions, philosophical inquiry, or personal spiritual practices and experiences. Spiritual-based values are those principles and codes that arise from an awareness of the interconnectedness of all aspects of life, a multimillennial wisdom. Such values, rooted in the deeper dimensions of human existence, offer a framework for harmony in a world marked by division and conflict. Yet, while the potential of spiritual-based values is great, their integration into the cultural crossroads is not without challenges.

Bio

Dan Chițoiu is Professor of Philosophy at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania. Founder of the Institute for the Study of Values and Spirituality with John Farina. Director of the Iași Center of the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (Washington DC). Editor of the Journal for Research in Values and Spirituality. Former Research Coordinator at the Romanian Academy-Iași Branch. Founding and organizing with Dr. Constantinos Athanasopoulos (FHEA, UK/Greece) the St Gregory Palamas Seminar: International Research into the Philosophical and Theological Work of St Gregory Palamas. His research interests are in Eastern European Spirituality and Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy and Comparative Philosophy. He has attended conferences, lectured, and/or has been published in many countries, including the United States, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Portugal, Turkey, Lebanon, Russia, China, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina, and Australia. His most recent publications include Philosophizing in the Christian East; Founding Ideas of the Eastern-European Cultural Horizon; Person, World, Ultimate Reality and Faces and Sur-faces: A Phenomenology of Intercultural Encounters.