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

Publication Info.	New York : Viking, [2016]
	©2016

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	323.44 WEATHERFORD	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	950.2 WEATHERFORD	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction	323.442 WEATHERFORD	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	323.442 WE	Check Shelf

Description	xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-397) and index.
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.
Summary	"Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.
Subject	Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Religion.
	Freedom of religion -- History.
	Religion and politics.
	Religion and state.
	Mongolia -- Religion.
	Religions -- Relations.
	Genghis Khan, 1162-1227. (OCoLC)fst00087611
	Freedom of religion. (OCoLC)fst00934030
	Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
	Religion and politics. (OCoLC)fst01093842
	Religion and state. (OCoLC)fst01093863
	Religions -- Relations. (OCoLC)fst01093912
	Mongolia. (OCoLC)fst01208752
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9780735221154 (hardcover)
	0735221154 (hardcover)

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