Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom
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Genghis Khan and the quest for God : how the world's greatest conqueror gave us religious freedom
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xxiii, 407 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
Throughout history the world's greatest conquerors have made their mark not just on the battlefield, but in the societies they have transformed. Genghis Khan conquered by arms and bravery, but he ruled by commerce and religion. He created the world's greatest trading network and drastically lowered taxes for merchants, but he knew that if his empire was going to last, he would need something stronger and more binding than trade. He needed religion. And so, unlike the Christian, Taoist and Muslim conquerors who came before him, he gave his subjects freedom of religion. Genghis lived in the 13th century, but he struggled with many of the same problems we face today: How should one balance religious freedom with the need to reign in fanatics? Can one compel rival religions - driven by deep seated hatred--to live together in peace? A celebrated anthropologist whose bestselling Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World radically transformed our understanding of the Mongols and their legacy, Jack Weatherford has spent eighteen years exploring areas of Mongolia closed until the fall of the Soviet Union and researching The Secret History of the Mongols, an astonishing document written in code that was only recently discovered. He pored through archives and found groundbreaking evidence of Genghis's influence on the founding fathers and his essential impact on Thomas Jefferson. Genghis Khan and the Quest for God is a masterpiece of erudition and insight, his most personal and resonant work.
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.
Publication Info:
New York : Viking, [2016]
Subject:
Freedom of religion -- History |
Religion and politics |
Religion and state |
Religions -- Relations |
Mongolia -- Religion. |
Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Religion. |
Changīz Khān, 1162-1227 |
Chʻeng-chi-ssu-han, 1162-1227 |
Chengjisihan, 1162-1227 |
成吉思汗, 1162-1227 |
Chinggis Khaan, 1162-1227 |
Chinggis-Khan, 1162-1227 |
Chinghis Khan, 1162-1227 |
Chingis Khan, 1162-1227 |
Chingiskhan, 1162-1227 |
Чингисхан, 1162-1227 |
Chingisuhan, 1162-1227 |
チンギスハン, 1162-1227 |
Chingisu Hān, 1162-1227 |
チンギス・ハーン, 1162-1227 |
Chingisu Kan, 1162-1227 |
Chingiz-khan, 1162-1227 |
C̆inggis-Khan, 1162-1227 |
Cingġis Qaġan, 1162-1227 |
Cingġis-Qan, 1162-1227 |
Cinghis Khaan, 1162-1227 |
Cinkkīz-Khān, 1162-1227 |
Czyngis-Chan, 1162-1227 |
Dschingis-Chan, 1162-1227 |
Dschingis Khan, 1162-1227 |
Dschingiz-Chan, 1162-1227 |
Džingis-kan, 1162-1227 |
Dzsingisz kán, 1162-1227 |
Jankīz Khān, 1162-1227 |
Jenghis Khan, 1162-1227 |
Jenghiz Khan, 1162-1227 |
Jinghis Khan, 1162-1227 |
Jingisu Kan, 1162-1227 |
Jingisukan 1162-1227 |
Khan, Genghis, 1162-1227 |
Sŏnggilsa Han, 1162-1227 |
Tamūjin, 1162-1227 |
Temuchin, 1162-1227 |
Temuchzhin, 1162-1227 |
Temujin, 1162-1227 |
Tėmu̇u̇zhin, 1162-1227 |
Tėmu̇zhin, 1162-1227 |
Tīmūjīn, 1162-1227 |
Tschingis Chan, 1162-1227 |
Yenkitsakhān, 1162-1227 |
Chingis Khaan, 1162-1227 |
Zingis-Khan, 1162-1227 |
Чингис Хаан, 1162-1227 |
Gengis Khan, 1162-1227 |
جنكيز خان، 1162-1227 |
چنگيز خان, 1162-1227 |
Political science -- Religious aspects |
Politics, Practical -- Religious aspects |
Politics and religion |
Religion -- Political aspects |
Religions -- Political aspects |
State and religion |
State, The -- Religious aspects |
Interreligious relations |
Relations among religions |
Mongġol |
몽골 |
Mongol Uls |
Монгол Улс |
Mongġol Ulus |
Mongolie |
Mongolii͡a |
Монголия |
Mongolei |
Mongol Ulsyn Zasgiĭn Gazar |
Монгол Улсын Засгийн Газар |
Mongolia. |
BNMAU |
БНМАУ |
Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Mongol Ard Uls |
Bügd Nayramdah Mongol Ard Uls |
Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Mongġol Arad Ulus |
MNR |
МНР |
Mongolʹskai͡a narodnai͡a respublika |
Монгольская народная республика |
Meng-ku jen min kung ho kuo |
Menggu ren min gong he guo |
蒙古人民共和國 |
Meng-ku |
Menggu |
蒙古 |
Mengguguo |
蒙古国 |
Wai Meng-ku |
Wai Menggu |
Mongolische Volksrepublik |
Mongoru Jimmin Kyōwakoku |
Mongol Népköztársaság |
Outer Mongolia |
Mongolia (Outer Mongolia) |
Mongolian People's Republic |
Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) |
République populaire de Mongolie |
Mongolian Republic |
Mongoliet |
モンゴル |
Mongoru |
Gaimōko |
外蒙古 |
蒙古人民共和国 |
Mōko Jinmin Kyōwakoku |
モンゴル人民共和国 |
Mongoru Jinmin Kyōwakoku |
SAILS ISBN:
9780735221154