Tessa J. Bartholomeusz is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University and has written Women under the Bo Tree: Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka. Chandra R. de Silva is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Old Dominion University and has published several books, including Sri Lanka: A History.

• Preface 1. Buddhist Fundamentalism and Identity in Sri Lanka Tessa J. Bartholomeusz and Chandra R. de Silva2. Conflicts of Identity and Interpretation in Buddhism: The Clash between the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and the Government of President Premadasa George D. Bond3. The Plurality of Buddhist Fundamentalism: An Inquiry into Views among Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka Chandra R. de Silva4. The Impact of Land Reforms, Rural Images, and Nationalist Ideology on Plantation Tamils Oddvar Hollup5. In the Shadow of Violence: "Tamilness" and the Anthropology of Identity in Southern Sri Lanka Pradeep Jeganathan6. Sufi and Reformist Designs: Muslim Identity in Sri Lanka Victor C. de Munck7. Sinhala Anglicans and Buddhism in Sri Lanka: When the "Other" Becomes You Tessa J. Bartholomeusz8. Catholic Identity and Global Forces in Sinhala Sri Lanka R. L. Stirrat9. Buddhist Burghers and Sinhala-Buddhist Fundamentalism Tessa J. Bartholomeusz10. The Persistence of Political Buddhism John Clifford HoltSelect Bibliography Contributors Index

"It is a superlative collection of essays on an extremely important subject, one that will be of interest to readers from all sorts of disciplines: history, sociology, religious studies, and political science. The topic is significant from several perspectives: 1) it is arguably the single most important issue facing Sri Lanka today, and 2) it is the 'tip of the iceberg,' so to speak, of a phenomenon that is increasingly encountered both in the region and in the world at large, notably religio-ethnic communalism. This book will be a standard reference for years to come." — Bruce Matthews, Acadia University