Carlos F. Cardoza Orlandi, Frederick E. Roach Professor of World Christianity from Baylor University, is an interdisciplinary scholar and historian in the fields of world Christianity and mission studies. His interests intersect in a matrix that includes (1) the historical and current interpretations of the movement of the Christian religion (transmission, reception, appropriation and re-transmission of the Christian religion), particularly in the global south (Africa, Asia & Latin America) both at institutional and popular levels; (2) the socio-cultural interplay between Christians and people of other faiths, particularly those who practice Afro-Caribbean, Amerindian, Spiritist religions, and Islam; and (3) the theoretical and theological/missiological constructions of the current interplay between cultures and religions in Africa, Asia and Latin America, including immigrants and transnational movements.