In which I dream up a sequel or complementary volume to Clive James’s Cultural Amnesia. The title: Theological Amnesia: Writers and Thinkers, Saints and Martyrs from a Long Secular Century. Including an imaginary table of contents, featuring an alphabetized list of 150 names, each of which (naturally) receiving a 2,000-word essay.

Publishers reading this 30 years from now, or perhaps from an alternate universe, are welcome to reach out to express interest.