John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is the author or editor of more than 45 books, including What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam and The Future of Islam and is Editor in Chief of Oxford Islamic Studies Online.Emad El-Din Shahin is the Dean of the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation and a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University.

• Introduction Part I: Founders of Political Islam Chapter 1: Hassan Al-BannaAhmad Moussalli Chapter 2: Mawlana MawdudiJoshua T. White and Niloufer Siddiqui Part II: Revolutionary Ideologues Chapter 3: Sayyid QutbShahrough Akhavi Chapter 4: Ali Shari'atiShahrough Akhavi Chapter 5: Ayatollah KhomeneiMojtaba Mahdavi Part III: The "Intellectuals" of Political Islam Chapter 6: Hassan al-TurabiPeter Woodward Chapter 7: Rashid al-GhannoushiAzzam Tamimi Chapter 8: Yusuf al-Qaradawi Bettina Gräf Chapter 9: Muhammad KhatamiMahmoud Sadri and Ahmad Sadri Chapter 10: Abdolkarim SoroushBehrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi Index

This edited collection provides an insightful yet concise review of the diversity of political Islamic thinking from the 20th century. For those, especially in the West, who lump all Islamic thought together, this is a terrific book that provides an initial introduction to thinking about political Islam ... Excellent for collections on religion, politics, Islam, and the Middle East ... Recommended.