The present anthology is the fruit of the author's many years researching the Islamic spiritual tradition and working in the field of Islamic education. It deals with several major themes: the place of Islam in the modern world, Qur'anic humanism, Russian Muslim culture, inter- religious dialogue, and tasawwuf. The author believes that the modern crisis of the ummah is linked to its inability to respond adequately to the technological, scientific, intellectual and spiritual challenges of modernity and post-modernity. An adequate response is developed here in the following ideas: opening the gates of ijtihad, reforming fiqh, rethinking the the- ological and philosophical traditions, developing science and technology, finding a concep- tual justification for interreligious dialogue, and other ideas. At the centre of the program for renewal is the idea of Qur'anic humanism: an up-to-date reading of the Qur'anic revelation that involves separating the eternal Word of God from local legal decisions, highlighting the brotherhood and unity of mankind, the religious inclination of human nature, the universali- ty of divine guidance, religious pluralism and the inclusiveness of the divine mercy. The her- meneutic principles of Qur'anic humanism emphasize the essential and substantive interpre- tation of the tradition, as expressed primarily in the heart of Islam, tasawwuf. This project is conceived of by the author as a continuation of the renovationist project launched by think- ers of the Russian theological school (A. Kursawi, Sh. Marjani, R. Fahretdin, M. Bigiev etc).