Khan had one Christian wife and according to Jack Weatherford's book ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'', Khan “favored Christian spouses for his children and deliberately chose them because he thought they would make good parents for his grandchildren”.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan's children who married [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] Christian spouses practiced a [[syncretism|syncretistic]] religious life and attempted to practice both Nestorian Christianity and Shamanism.<ref>[https://www.historyonthenet.com/mongol-empire-and-religious-freedom/ Mongol Empire and Religious Freedom], historyonthenet.com </ref> | Khan had one Christian wife and according to Jack Weatherford's book ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'', Khan “favored Christian spouses for his children and deliberately chose them because he thought they would make good parents for his grandchildren”.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan's children who married [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] Christian spouses practiced a [[syncretism|syncretistic]] religious life and attempted to practice both Nestorian Christianity and Shamanism.<ref>[https://www.historyonthenet.com/mongol-empire-and-religious-freedom/ Mongol Empire and Religious Freedom], historyonthenet.com </ref> |