Introduction: The times they are a-changin’: A Muslim quest for justice, gender equality and pluralism
Omid Safi

Part I PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAM

1. The ugly modern and the modern ugly: reclaiming the beautiful in Islam
Khaled Abou El Fadl

2. In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11
Farid Esack

3. Islam: a civilizational project in progress
Ahmet Karamustafa

4. The debts and burdens of critical Islam
Ebrahim Moosa

5. On being a scholar of Islam: risks and responsibilities
Tazim R. Kassam

Part II PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND GENDER JUSTICE

6. Transforming feminism: Islam, women and gender justice
Sa‘diyya Shaikh

7. Progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence: the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law
Kecia Ali

8. Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims
Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

9. Are we up to the challenge? The need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women
Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons

Part III PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS AND PLURALISM

10. Muslims, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue
Amir Hussain

11. American Muslim identity: race and ethnicity in progressive Islam
Amina Wadud

12. Islamic democracy and pluralism
Ahmad S. Moussalli

13. How to put the genie back in the bottle? “Identity” Islam and Muslim youth cultures in America
Marcia Hermansen

14. What is the victory of Islam? Towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world
Farish A. Noor

Further Reading

Index