Introduction

This chapter introduces the book as a whole, as well as the authors. First, it gives a narrative account of who the authors are, why they have written this book and what the process of writing was. Second, it introduces the subject of this book – religions in contemporary Africa – and discusses the reasons why this is an important subject to study. Third, it examines the key concepts of this book – “Africa” and “religion” – and explains how this book approaches and understands these concepts and the relation between them. Last but not least, the chapter is honest about the limitations of this book, and indicates several areas for further studies. Throughout the chapter, the authors make clear that they are passionate about the subject of this book and aim to share their passion with the reader.