The Chaldean Patriarch and the Discourse of ‘Inclusive Citizenship’: Restructuring the Political Representation of Christians in Iraq since 2003Religion, State and SocietySyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/W28CHXRB/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ElizabethMonierThe Chaldean Patriarch and the Discourse of ‘Inclusive Citizenship’: Restructuring the Political Representation of Christians in Iraq since 2003http://syriaca.org/cbss/W28CHXRBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/W28CHXRBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/W28CHXRBReligion, State and Society48:52020361-377Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Chaldean Church has sought to play a role in Iraqi politics that counteracts the impact of the declining Christian population. Within a general climate of identity politics and efforts to reformulate conceptions of Iraqi national identity and political representation of diversity, this contribution explores the role of the current Chaldean patriarch, Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako, the leader of Iraq’s largest Christian denomination. The contribution shows that Cardinal Sako emphasises the need for inclusive citizenship (<i>al-Mowatana</i>) for all Iraqis. I contend that this is in keeping with the modern history of relations between the state and the Chaldean Church, and also born of dynamics within the community, particularly with the growing diaspora, as well as political difference between Iraq’s Christian communities. The aim of Sako’s al-Mowatana discourse is to safeguard the stability of the central government as a bulwark against further violence and displacement, as well as to offer Christians a way to participate in rebuilding Iraq. The Chaldean Church represents Christians to the state, arguing for their significance in building bridges, but also promotes the state to Christians as viable and necessary for enabling Christians to remain in their ancient homelands.
Monier, Elizabeth. “The Chaldean Patriarch and the Discourse of ‘Inclusive Citizenship’: Restructuring the Political Representation of Christians in Iraq since 2003.” Religion, State and Society 48:5 (2020): 361–77.
Elizabeth Monier, The Chaldean Patriarch and the Discourse of ‘Inclusive Citizenship’: Restructuring the Political Representation of Christians in Iraq since 2003,Religion, State and Society 48:5 (2020): 361–77.ChaldeansIraqXIX-XXI CEXXI CEclergyidentitypatriarchspolitics