“We don't get religion.” That masterful admission came from the executive editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, concerning journalists' inability to report on the effects of faith on the voters of the 2016 election.
I'd add a sub-group to his claim: Music journalists don't get religion.
It's not their fault. By and large, music journalists aren't religious people, and, if the philosopher Max Scheler is to be believed, the non-religious are as able to describe the psychology of religion “as a person totally blind is able to describe the sensation and mood produced by vivid colors.” (On the Eternal in Man)
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