The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

CM 09 Tchaikovsky


Once you're talking Russian composers you come to Tchaikovsky and any number of his pieces have wormed their way into our thinking, especially from the ballets. This is from the Nutcracker as Disneyfied way back in 1940 for Fantasia.

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