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.

Beatles degree

I read that it is now going to be possible to do an MA in the Beatles at Hope University, Liverpool. The first-ever qualification of its kind has been announced on the website of the city's Hope University.
"The Beatles, Popular Music & Society" consists of four 12-week taught modules and a dissertation. The institution's senior lecturer in popular music, Mike Brocken, said it was about time such serious academy was introduced on The Fab Four. "Forty years on from their break-up, now is the right time and Liverpool is the right place to study The Beatles", he explained. "This MA is expected to attract a great deal of attention, not just locally but nationally and we have already had enquiries from abroad, particularly the United States."
I wouldn't mind doing it myself. Dissertation? The Christian influence in the music of the Beatles. I did write religious at first but then thought of all that effort reading up on Hinduism. (Did you know that Lennon's grandfather was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist preacher?)

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