Question: Qormusta Tengri is a god in a religion that has become influenced by and mingled with what?

Paul K. Moser (born 1957 in Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American analytic philosopher who writes on epistemology and the philosophy of religion.  He is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and past editor of the "American Philosophical Quarterly".  He is the author of many works in epistemology and the philosophy of religion, in which he has supported versions of epistemic foundationalism and volitional theism.  His work brings these two positions together to support volitional evidentialism about theistic belief, in contrast to fideism and traditional natural theology.  He draws from some epistemological and theological insights of the apostle Paul, Blaise Pascal, Kierkegaard, John Oman, and H. H. Farmer, but adds (i) a notion of purposively available evidence of God’s existence, (ii) a notion of authoritative evidence in contrast with spectator evidence, and (iii) a notion of personifying evidence of God whereby some willing humans become salient evidence of God's existence.  His most recent work emphasizes the importance of foundational evidence from the self-manifestation of God's moral character to cooperative humans.  An evidential role for "agapē", along the lines of Romans 5:5, is central to his theistic epistemology, as is his view that God is self-authenticating or self-evidencing via self-manifestation and conviction toward unselfish love.  One result is a distinctive approach to divine hiddenness. <SEP> John F. Haught is a Distinguished Research Professor at Georgetown University.  He specializes in Roman Catholic systematic theology, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to science, cosmology, evolution, ecology, and religion.  He has authored numerous books and articles, including "Science and Faith: A New Introduction" (2012), "Making Sense of Evolution: Darwin, God, and The Drama of Life" ( 2010), "God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens" (2008), "Christianity and Science: Toward a Theology of Nature" (2007), "Is Nature Enough?  Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science" (2006), "Purpose, Evolution and the Meaning of Life" (2004), "God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution" (2000, 2nd ed.  2007), "Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation" (1995), "The Promise of Nature: Ecology and Cosmic Purpose" (1993, 2nd ed.  2004), "What is Religion?"  (1990), "What is God?"  (1986), and "The Cosmic Adventure: Science, Religion and the Quest for Purpose" (1984).  In 2002, Haught received the Owen Garrigan Award in Science and Religion, in 2004 the Sophia Award for Theological Excellence, and in 2008 a “Friend of Darwin Award” from the National Center for Science Education.  He also testified for the plaintiffs in Harrisburg, PA “Intelligent Design Trial”(Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover Board of Education). <SEP> Qormusta Tengri (Qormusata Tngri "King of the Gods", also transliterated as Qormusta Tngri and Hormusta) is a god in Mongolian mythology and shamanism, described as the chief god of the 99 "tngri" and leader of the 33 gods.  It is the same of Turkish deities / gods Hürmüz and Kormos Han. <SEP>  The Mongolian endonym is Böö mörgöl (Бөө мөргөл).  In the earliest known stages it was intricately tied to all other aspects of social life and to the tribal organization of Mongolian society.  Along the way, it has become influenced by and mingled with Buddhism.  During the socialist years of the twentieth century it was heavily repressed and has since made a comeback. Mongolian shamanism, more broadly called the Mongolian folk religion, or occasionally Tengerism, refers to the animistic and shamanic ethnic religion that has been practiced in Mongolia and its surrounding areas (including Buryatia and Inner Mongolia) at least since the age of recorded history.