| | | Introduction to 2nd edition : contextualizing the pioneers of Islamic revival by Ali Rahnema | | |
| 1 | | Introduction to first edition by Ali Rahnema | | 1 |
| 2 | | Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani by Nikki R. Keddie | | 11 |
| 3 | | Muhammad Abduh : pioneer of Islamic reform by Yvonne Haddad | | 30 |
| 4 | | Khomeinis search for perfection : theory and reality by Baqer Moin | | 64 |
| 5 | | Mawdudi and the Jamaat-i Islami : the origins, theory and practice of Islamic revivalism by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr | | 98 |
| 6 | | Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949) by David Commins | | 125 |
| 7 | | Sayyid Qutb : the political vision by Charles Tripp | | 154 |
| 8 | | Musa al-Sadr by Augustus Richard Norton | | 184 |
| 9 | | Ali Shariati : teacher, preacher, rebel by Ali Rahnema | | 208 |
| 10 | | Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr by Chibli Mallat | | 251 |