Since its national awakening in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Ukrainian people have had two options for development: to pursue the modernist program of nation-building or to submit itself to the imperial projects that first the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires, then the Soviet Union, and lastly Vladimir Putin were trying to build. The Ukrainian Maidans of 2004 and 2013–14 indicated a third way, a via tertia: to developing a civil society based on civil values, such as transparency, justice, and solidarity. This third option is a way towards modernization. The Ukrainian churches found themselves at the crossroads facing the same choices—the modernist, imperialist, or civil. A public theology that advocates for a ‘symphony’ with civil society, instead of a traditional symphonic relationship with the state, suggests a way for the churches: it would make them coherent with the social developments in the country.

自19世纪中叶民族觉醒以来，乌克兰人民有两种发展选择：追求现代主义的民族建设计划，或致力于俄罗斯，奥匈帝国等帝国主义计划，然后苏联，最后是弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）试图建造。2004年和2013 - 14年的乌克兰Maidans表示的第三条道路，一经TERTIA：以透明，正义和团结等公民价值观为基础发展公民社会。第三种选择是实现现代化的一种方式。乌克兰教会发现自己处于十字路口，面临着同样的选择-现代派，帝国主义或平民派。提倡与民间社会“交往”而不是与国家建立传统交响关系的公共神学思想为教会提供了一种途径：这将使教会与国家的社会发展保持一致。