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 cities named in Beatles songs

1. A day in the life (Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire)
2. Get back (Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona)
3. Back in the USSR (And Moscow girls make me sing and shout)
4. Maggie Mae (To the port of Liverpool)
5. Kansas City/Hey, hey, hey, hey (I’m going to Kansas City)
6-10. The ballad of John and Yoko (Standing in the dock at Southampton/Finally made the plane into Paris/Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton/Made a lightning trip to Vienna/Caught an early plane back to London)
(Also LA in Blue Jay Way)

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