Editor's Note

Abstract

It is with much enthusiasm I introduce and welcome readers to this Special Issue 5.1 ‘Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa,’ steered by our guest editors, Francis B. Nyamnjoh and Joel A. Carpenter. These richly diverse essays, that make up this Issue, form part of the research outputs and findings of a sub-project ‘Religious Innovation and Competition: Their Impact in Contemporary Africa’ conducted within a very impressive research initiative, ‘Christianity and Social Change in Contemporary Africa’, funded by the John Templeton Foundation in collaboration with the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. The interdisciplinary research project, led by the guest co-editors, took place in 11 sub- Saharan African countries from January 2016 to March 2017.