Introduction / Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe
Part 1: The changeable and the unchangeable. The changeable and the unchangeable / Abdolkarim Soroush ; "Hold(ing) fast by the best in the precepts" : the Qur'an and method / Asma Barlas ; Law and ethics in Islam : the role of the maqāṣid / Mohammad Hashim Kamali ; Human rights and intellectual Islam / Mohsen Kadivar
Part 2: The challenge of equality. Classical fiqh, contemporary ethics and gender justice / Ziba Mir-Hosseini ; Timeless texts and modern morals : challenges in Islamic sexual ethics / Kecia Ali ; Gender equality and Islamic law : the case of Morocco / Aïcha El Hajjami ; Historical and political dynamics of the "women and Islam" issue : the Turkish case / Nazife Şişman
Part 3: Authority and Islamic normativity. Islamic authority / Khaled Abou El Fadl ; A theory of Islam, state and society / Abdullahi A. An-Na'im ; A call for a moratorium on corporal punishment : the debate in review / Tariq Ramadan ; Negotiating gender rights under religious law in Malaysia / Zainah Anwar ; The changing concepts of caliphate : social construction of Shari'a and the question of ethics / Muhammad Khalid Masud
Part 4: Dialogue on new directions. Can the state enforce Shari'a? : a discussion in Yogyakarta / Kari Vogt, Lena Larsen and Christian Moe.