* List of Contributors * 1. Introduction - Ali Rahnema * 2. Sayyid Jamal al-Din 'al-Afghani' - Nikki R.Keddie * 3. Muhammad Abduh: Pioneer of Islamic Reform - Yvonne Haddad * 4. Khomeini's Search for Perfection: Theory and Reality - Baqer Moin * 5. Mawdudi and the Jama'at-i Islami: The Origins, Theory and Practice of Islamic Revivalism - Syyed Vali Reza Nasr * 6. Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) - David Commins * 7. Sayyid Qutb: The Political Vision - Charles Tripp * 8. Musa al-Sadr - Augustus Richard Norton * 9. Ali Shariati: Teacher, Preacher, Rebel - Ali Rahnema * 10. Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr - Chibli Mallat * Index
Ali Rahnema, teaches Economics at the American University of Paris.
'This is a judicious and well-conceived collection of studies by experts on prominent figures in the modern Islamic political revival ... Anyone concerned with the politics of the modern Islamic world will find it useful to have this details Who's Who within reach'. - Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Bulletin 'Well written articles on nine of the best known Islamic ideologues of the past century, the majority authored by a scholar who has published major work on the figures of the movement ... The articles are appropriate for undergraduates and the book could well serve to structure an introductory course in modern Islamic thought'. - Religious Studies Review 'The scholarly profiles in Pioneers of Islamic Revival give readers an opportunity to judge for themselves where the truth lies'. - Third World Resources 'This is an excellent anthology about nine of the most influential thinkers of the past century who have contributed significantly to the shape of popular Islamic thought'. - American Sufi Muslim Association (ASMA)
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