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Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom / Jack Weatherford.

By: Weatherford, Jack, 1946- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]Description: xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780735221154 (hardcover).Subject(s): Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Religion | Freedom of religion -- History | Religion and politics | Religion and state | Religions -- Relations | Mongolia -- ReligionAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Genghis Khan and the quest for GodDDC classification: 323.44/209
Contents:
The anger of the gods -- Becoming Temujin -- The teeth that eat men -- The golden whip of heaven -- Wisdom of the steppe -- Conflicting selves -- Becoming Genghis Khan -- Messenger of light -- Jesus of the steppe -- The making of the Mongol nation -- Guardians of the flame -- Becoming the world conqueror -- Wings of one bird -- God's omnipotence -- The thumb of fate -- Wild man from the mountain -- The Confucian and the unicorn -- Becoming a god -- The last campaign -- War, inside and out -- Burning the books -- Life after death -- The thunderbolt of God.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-397) and index.

The anger of the gods -- Becoming Temujin -- The teeth that eat men -- The golden whip of heaven -- Wisdom of the steppe -- Conflicting selves -- Becoming Genghis Khan -- Messenger of light -- Jesus of the steppe -- The making of the Mongol nation -- Guardians of the flame -- Becoming the world conqueror -- Wings of one bird -- God's omnipotence -- The thumb of fate -- Wild man from the mountain -- The Confucian and the unicorn -- Becoming a god -- The last campaign -- War, inside and out -- Burning the books -- Life after death -- The thunderbolt of God.

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