Its primary interests are in the rich diversity of Christianity in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and eastern Europe, as well as diasporic forms of non-Western Christianity emerging in contexts such as Western Europe and North America.

Articles in the journal engage a variety of academic disciplines – historical, theological, and social scientific.

[1] The journal is published three times a year in April, August and December by Edinburgh University Press.

[1] The journal was founded in April 1995 as Studies in World Christianity: The Edinburgh Review of Theology and Religion.

[3] Its founding editor was James P. Mackey (1934—2020), who was the Thomas Chalmers Chair of Theology and the previous Dean of the Faculty of Divinity (1984—1988) at New College, Edinburgh.