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 more interesting words found in The world around the Old Testament (Arnold/Strawn)
- abecedary - an alphabet book, primer, or an inscription that lists the letters of an alphabet in order
- appanage - a provision made for the maintenance of the younger children of kings and princes, consisting of a gift of land, an official position, or money
- chthonic - relating to or inhabiting the underworld
- orthostat - an upright stone or slab forming part of a structure or set in the ground
- sedentist - a person who stays in ooen place for a long time (opposite to nomad)
- bucolic - of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen or typical of rural life
- hypocoristic - a pet name or diminutive form of a name
- glyptic - of or concerning carving or engraving
- theonym - the name of a deity
- ethnolinguistic - associated with a particular ethnicity and a particular variety of language
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