Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The times they are a-changin' : a Muslim quest for justice, gender equality and pluralism / Omid Safi
- The ugly modern and the modern ugly: reclaiming the beautiful in Islam / Khaled Abou El Fadl
- In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11 / Farid Esack
- Islam: a civilizational project in progress / Ahmet Karamustafa
- The debts and burdens of critical Islam / Ebrahim Moosa
- On being a scholar of Islam: risks and responsibilities / Tazim R. Kasam
- Transforming feminism: Islam, women and gender justice / Sa°diyya Shaikh
- Progressive Muslims and Islamic jurisprudence: the necessity for critical engagement with marriage and divorce law / Kecia Ali
- Sexuality, diversity and ethics in the agenda of progressive Muslims / Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
- Are we up to the challenge? The need for a radical re-ordering of the Islamic discourse on women / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
- Muslims, pluralism, and interfaith dialogue / Amir Hussain
- American Muslim identity: race and ethnicity in progressive Islam / Amina Wadud
- Islamic democracy and pluralism / Ahmad S. Moussalli
- How to put the genie back in the bottle? "Identity" Islam and Muslim youth cultures in America / Marcia Hermansen
- What is the victory of Islam? Towards a different understanding of the Ummah and political success in the contemporary world / Farish A. Noor.