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 Successful writers whose fathers were ministers



  1. Charlotte Bronte (And Anne and Emily)
  2. John Buchan
  3. Pearl Buck
  4. Jane Austen
  5. Lewis Carroll
  6. Stephen Crane
  7. Elizabeth Gaskell
  8. Ronald Knox
  9. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  10. Dorothy Sayers

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