Religion and Nationalism in Iraq

A Comparative Perspective

Edited by David Little

Edited by Donald K. Swearer

Editorial Assistance from Susan Lloyd McGarry

    • Introduction By David Little and Donald Swearer

    Case Study: Iraq (Map)

    • The Rise of Religious and Ethnic Mass Politics in Iraq By Juan Cole
    • Iraq after the January 2005 Elections Summary of paper by Yitzakh Nakash
    • Kurds and Arabs, Sunnis and Shiites: Can an Iraqi Identity be Salvaged? By Phebe Marr
    • Summary of Iraq Discussion

    Case Study: Sri Lanka (Map)

    • The Malaise of Contemporary Sri Lankan Society By H. L. Seneviratne
    • Religion and Nationalism in Recent Peace Initiatives in Sri Lanka By Rohan Edrisinha
    • Summary of Sri Lanka Discussion

    Case Study: Sudan (Map)

    • Sudan's 1998 Draft Constitution: Should It Be Required Reading for the Leaders of the New Iraq? By Ann Elizabeth Mayer
    • Darfur, Sudan: Ethnicity, Islam, and Citizenship By Alex DeWaal
    • Summary of Sudan discussion

    Case Study: Bosnia and Herzegovina (Map)

    • Pilgrimage and "Ethnic Cleansing" in Herzegovina By Michael Sells
    • Is Religion Disengaging Itself from Ethnic Conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina By Paul Mojzes
    • Summary of Bosnia and Final discussions

    Appendices

    • I: Author biographies and List of attendees
    • II: Sri Lanka Background
    • III: Sudan Background
    • IV: Bosnia and Herzegovina Background
  • Cover: Religion and Nationalism in Iraq

David Little is the T. J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice of Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict, Harvard Divinity School, and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Donald K. Swearer is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School.