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 Leaders with their country in their name


1. Jomo Kenyatta, first president of Kenya. He took the surname (“Light of Kenya”) when in London in the 1930s.
2. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, king of Saudi Arabia, or any of his predecessors back to Muhammad bin Saud, who ruled 1726–1765.
3. ‏Pierre Mendès France, prime minister of France, June 1954 to February 1955.
4. Solomon Mamaloni, prime minister of the Solomon Islands three times between 1981 and 1997. 
5. Alexander Dubček. First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 1968-69. Although he was actually a Slovak.
6. Ulysses S Grant, President of the United States, 1869-77.
7. Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India, 1980-84.
8. ‏Giorgi Margvelashvili, president of Georgia.
9. Salvador Sanchez Ceren, president of El Salvador.
10. King Mswati III, and his predescessors, King of eswatini (Swaziland).

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