Writing in the Wall Street Journal, essayist Joseph Epstein extols William James's The Variety of Religious Experience:

"What makes 'Varieties of Religious Experience' the great book it is, after all, is not its consideration of the logic of religion but the role religion has played in that mysterious entity known as human nature, which is itself of course outside the realm of reason."

Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including America, Commonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).Articles:Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)Posts at The Ignatian Educator