~snicker~
You're not exactly old and decrepit, but I'd say "thesis" instead. ;-D
Can you imagine trying to come up with a way to work The Passion and South Park into the same text? What a brain-twister!
Well, they're both about the fall of man, and the inevitable cognitive dissatisfaction with civilization as the spiritual mechanism to achieve enlightenment. Or not.
Sorta.
It's only a working title. :-)