interestingly, scholar of religion Ronald Knox notes that "religious leaders turn to ecstasy when they seek to strengthen and legitimize their authority" (Lewis, 29)
I might have thought the opposite
> from I. M. Lewis' Ecstatic Religion (2002)
> tagged with #authority, #ecstasy
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