Over the years, the study of religion has undergone a significant transformation. For a long time, religion, mainly African Traditional Religions,were studied as independent phenomena, unconnected to other social reality. However, today, there is increasing recognition of the intricate relationship between religious practices and other social phenomena and the corresponding need to undertake the study of ATRs within the larger context of other societal factors. This chapter introduces the dynamics of the study of ATRs, the possible methodologies that can be employed to analyse this great religion, and how the motif of continuity and change is captured across the length of the volume.Introduction