Introduction: Formative Forces of “the Islamic Ideology”; 1: Jalal Al-e Ahmad: The Dawn of “the Islamic Ideology”; 2: Ali Shari‘ati: The Islamic Ideologue Par Excellence; 3: Morteza Motahhari: The Chief Ideologue of the Islamic Revolution; 4: Sayyid Mahmud Taleqani: The Father of the Revolution; 5: Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Hossein Tabataba’i: The Philosophical Dimensions of “the Islamic Ideology”; 6: Mehdi Bazargan: The Devout Engineer; 7: Abolhasan Bani-Sadr: The Monotheist Economist; 8: Ayatollah Khomeini: The Theologian of Discontent; Conclusion: Dimensions of “The Islamic Ideology”