David Little
Senior Scholar, Religion, Ethics, and Human Rights Initiative
(September 1989-June 1999)
Church-state relations and religious freedom; Moral aspects of U.S.
foreign policy; Human rights and humanitarian issues; Religious
conflict; State powers during emergencies
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Background
David Little is senior scholar in the Institute's Religion,
Ethics, and Human Rights Initiative. An expert in the fields of human
rights and religion in international affairs, he established the
Institute's working group on religion, ideology, and peace, which has
been engaged in a multiyear study of religion, nationalism, and
intolerance, with special reference to the United Nations Declaration
on the Elimination of Intolerance and Discrimination.
His books, Ukraine: The Legacy of Intolerance and Sri Lanka: The
Invention of Enmity, are based on the findings of the working
group. He has also written or co-authored numerous other
publications, including Human Rights and the Conflict of Values:
Western and Islamic Perspectives of Religious Liberty. Formerly a
professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, Little
has taught at Harvard and Yale Divinity Schools and at other academic
institutions. He received his Th.D. from Harvard University.
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