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 culturehere. 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 Famous People Named after Famous People
Martin Luther King, civl rights leader named for the Reformer
John Calvin Coolidge, American president named forthe Reformer
George Washington Carver, agricultural scientisit and inventor named for the first American president
Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball playe named for the American president
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, musician named for the American president
William Bramwell Booth, founder of the Savation Army named for a Methodist leader
John Wesley Hardin, wildwest outaw named for a Methodist leader
James Dean Bradfield, rock musician named for the actor
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincolnn named for the readical English politician (a distant relative)
Cassius Marcellus Clay, birth name of boxer Muhammed Ali named for the American planter, politician, abolitionist and ambassador
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