MONGOLIA: Nestorianism. "In Search of Genghis Khan." Outer Mongolia. Yak.

About this episode

The episode explores the history of Nestorianism in Mongolia and discusses Genghis Khan's legacy.

Register your feedback here. Always good to hear from you! If you say you knew we’d be traveling to Mongolia in our trip around the world this month, I will straight-out call you a liar. And yet here we are. We’ll cover the so-called heretics who brought Jesus to this distant corner of the world and whether their efforts count at all; the greatest Mongolian of all time and whether he was really “great” at all; the part of Mongolia that scarred me for life, and how I’m better off for it; and t...

People in this episode

Host: Hal Hammons

Topics covered

• Nestorianism
• Mongolia
• Genghis Khan
• Christianity
• Heretics
• Travel

Keywords

• Nestorianism
• Mongolia
• Genghis Khan
• Christianity
• travel
• heretics
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Mongolia

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