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.

The Last Station

Watched this on DVD the other night. It is a biopic about the final days of the novelist Count Leo Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer). I'm rather vague on my Tolstoy so it was nice to have some insight into a towering figure of 19th Century literature. The story  is told through the eyes of a writer called Valentin Bulgakov (James McAvoy) which allows in a love angle (so beloved of Hollywood) with Masha (Kerry Condon) though most of the drama comes from the fight over Tolstoy between his wife (Helen Mirren - very good - a Dame as a Countess!) and Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti). Gorseinon boy John Sessions does a good turn too. How accurate it all is who knows but it was a nice introduction. I must get out War and Peace ....

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