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.

10 US Cities with aboriginal based names

1. Tuscaloosa, Alabama
(derived from Muskogean words tashka (warrior) and lusa (black). Chief Tuskaloosa is remembered for leading a battle against Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto in southern Alabama in 1540)
2. Tucson, Arizona
(from Pima O'odham cuk ṣon, "black base")
3. Tallahassee, Florida
(from the name of a Creek town, talahá:ssi, perhaps from (i)tálwa, "tribal town" + ahá:ssi, "old, rancid")
4. Chicago, Illinois
(derived from the French rendering of a Miami-Illinois word for a type of wild onion)
5. Topeka, Kansas
(from Kansa dóppikʔe, "a good place to dig wild potatoes")
6. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(from an Algonquian word Millioke, meaning "Good", "Beautiful" and "Pleasant Land" or "Gathering place [by the water]")
6. Saginaw, Michigan (and Missouri)
(from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) word meaning “land of the Sauks”)
7. Yazoo City, Mississipi
(from the name of the river and a local tribe on it)
8.Tuxedo, Maryland
(may derive from the Lenape epithet Tùkwsit 'the Wolf Clans' or from Munsee Delaware p'tuck-sepo 'crooked river')
9. Montauk, New York
(from the Montaukett tribe, an Algonquian-speaking tribe who lived in the area)
10. Wyoming, Nebraska
(Derived from a corrupted Delaware word meaning "large plains" or "extensive meadows.")

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