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The Higher Life movement, also known as deeper Christian life, the Keswick movement or Keswickianism (/ ˌ k ɛ z ɪ ˈ k i ə n ɪ z ə m / KEZ-i-KEE-ə-niz-əm), was a Protestant theological tradition within evangelical Christianity that espoused a distinct teaching on the doctrine of entire sanctification.
The Keswick Convention is an annual gathering of conservative evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria. [3]The Christian theological tradition of Keswickianism, also known as the Higher Life movement, became popularised through the Keswick Conventions, the first of which was a tent revival in 1875 at St John's Church in Keswick.
William Edwin Boardman (October 11, 1810 – February 4, 1886) was an American pastor, teacher, and author. His 1858 book, The Higher Christian Life, was a major international success and helped ignite the Higher Life movement.
Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith (February 7, 1832 – May 1, 1911) was a lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom. She was also active in the women's suffrage movement and the temperance movement.
Sanctification is sometimes described as "the deeper Christian life". [19] This teaching is that of other churches aligned with the Higher Life movement and its Keswick Conventions. [8] [2] [20] It is perhaps best exemplified by the writings of A. W. Tozer. Simpson, however, departed from traditional Keswickian teaching in his view of ...
In her early twenties, Trotter and her mother were greatly influenced by the Higher Life Movement, and Lilias joined the volunteer force that counseled inquirers during the London campaign meetings of American evangelist Dwight L. Moody. [4]
In the 1930s, the Institute published a number of his sermons, and Zondervan soon began to do the same. Dr. Lockyer also became influential in the Keswick Higher Life movement, ministering and publishing on both sides of the Atlantic. In his later life, his ministry was entirely focused on publishing, and his son, Herbert Lockyer, Jr., became ...
Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1898) was a lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in Great Britain. His book Holiness Through Faith (1870) is one of the foundational works of the Holiness movement.