On the way to the modern -- Islamic reformers today -- Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid : who's the heretic here? -- Fazlur Rahman : from the Quran to life, and back again to the Quran -- Amina Wadud : in the midst of the gender jihad -- Asma Barlas : as though only men were objective -- Abdolkarim Soroush : more than ideology and state -- Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari : the Prophet reads the world -- The future of Islam.
Summary
Argues that the Western impression of Islam as a backward-looking faith is false, introducing influential reformers committed to democracy and human rights and the Islamic Newthinking movement.
