Hans-Peter Grosshans is Professor for Systematic Theology and Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Münster (Germany).Pantelis Kalaitzidis is Director of the Volos Academy for Theological Studies in Volos, Greece, and Visiting Professor or Visiting Scholar at different American and European Universities.

The articles in the book show that today's Orthodox theology is constructively relating to modernity in politics, society and culture. In 20 articles very prominent Orthodox theologians and experts on Orthodox theology and Orthodox Christianity from academic fields like sociology of religion or political studies are discussing, in what sense politics, society and culture are considered in Orthodox Theology in a global horizon. Contributors are Alfons Brüning, Ina Merdjanova, Nathaniel Wood, Cyril Hovorun, Dimitrios Moschos, Lucien Turcescu, K. M. George (Kondortha), Pantelis Kalaitzidis, Branko Sekulic, Georgios Vlantis, Nikolaos Asproulis, Atanas Slavov, Sveto Riboloff, Haralambos Ventis, Ioannis Kaminis, Irena Pavlovic, Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, Chris Durante, Katerina Kocandrle Bauer, Vasilios N. Makrides.