International Journal of Orthodox Theology 3:2 (2012) urn:nbn:de:0276-2012-2052 89 Prof. Dr Darko Djogo is Junior Associated Pro- fessor (Dozent) of Con- temporary Theology at the St Basil of Ostrog Orthodox Theological Fa- culty, University of East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Darko Djogo Trinity, Society and DzPolitical Theologydz Abstract One of the greatest problems of contemporary Orthodox theology is an issue of its social involvement. There are two, as it seems, contradictive tendencies: one is the critical approach to the identification of the Church and society, criticized by some contemporary Orthodox authors and the other is a development of one evidently communal and social Trinitarian theology. However, it is obvious that the communal Trinitarian hermeneutics presuppose one Christian involvement in the social life. These hermeneutics have been developed by most prominent Orthodox theologians, such as Justin Popovic, Dumitru Staniloae, John Zizioulas and Christos Yannaras in order to underline ontological foundation of a Christian praxis and to explain the relevance of the patristic faith for today. As the main field of the relevance and an axis of both, Christian existence and ethics,