Organized by The Institute for the Study of Values and Spirituality (ISVS), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, România, in cooperation with Dokuz Eylul University, İlahiyat Faculty, Turkiye.
Organizing Committee: Dan Chițoiu (ISVS&UAIC), Corina Domnari (ISVS&UAIC).
In today’s fast-changing world, unexpected developments and crises are arising on the international arena, yet no less on individual or community scales, so new challenges are to be faced. What can be the role of spiritual values in responding to such challenges? The conference presentations and debates evaluated how the values emerging from spirituality could provide a multifaced perspective on today’s challenges and addressing resolves to them. In-depth perspectives on such sensitive topic were brought by academics from around the world, starting with emotional presentations made by the participants from Turkiye, involved in providing spiritual counseling to victims of the recent earthquake.
Presented Papers
- Osman Bilen (Dokuz Eylul University, İlahiyat Faculty, Turkiye), The Role of Cultural Codes in the Healing Process in Spiritual Support and Guidance
- Emel Sünter & Nisan Şaşal (Dokuz Eylul University, İlahiyat Faculty, Turkiye), Act of Grieving in the Philosophy of Așik Veysel
- Tuğçe Şensöz (Dokuz Eylul University, İlahiyat Faculty, Turkiye), Concept of Justice as a Pole Star in Spiritual Perception of Sufi Theology
- Tone Svetelj (Hellenic College Holy Cross/Boston College, USA), Humility and Synthesis: Integrative Spiritual Values
- Ahmet Tașkin (Dokuz Eylul University, İlahiyat Faculty, Turkiye), Subjectivity and Spirituality in the Modern World
- John Ozolins (University of Divinity, Australia), Presenting the holy fathers to an American audience: reflections on a decade of publishing the classics of Western spirituality
- Frederick Aquino (Southern Methodist University, USA), The Contours of Spiritual Perception: A Brief Note on Perceptual Training
- Asha Mukherjee (FISP Steering Committee Member (International Federation of Philosophical Societies), Visva-Bharati University, India), Creating Conscious Future with Spirituality
- Seema Bose (University of Delhi, India), On Unity in Diversity from Hindu perspective
- Nabil Yasien Mohamed (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Egypt/South Africa) South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) Experience
- John Giordano (Assumption University of Thailand), The Merchants of Heavenly Grace: On Academic Publication and Cultural Difference
- John Farina (George Mason University, USA, ISVS Co-founder) & Dan Chițoiu (ISVS Co-founder), The ISVS Project
- Corina Domnari (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania & ISVS), The Methexis Project
The conference is available on the ISVS YouTube channel
