Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom /
Jack Weatherford.
- NY Viking 2016
- xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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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Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 --Religion.
Freedom of religion--History. Religion and politics. Religion and state. Religions--Relations.