Editing Higher Life movement (section)

{{Short description|Movement devoted to Christian holiness in England}}
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[[File:The Parish Church of Keswick, St John - geograph.org.uk - 475546.jpg|thumb|The Christian theological tradition of Keswickianism historically became popularized through the Keswick Conventions, the first of which was a [[tent revival]] in 1875 at Saint John's Church in [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]].<ref name="Combs2020">{{cite web |last1=Combs |first1=Bill |title=Romans 12:1–2 and the Doctrine of Sanctification, Part 2 |url=https://sharperiron.org/article/romans-121-2-and-doctrine-of-sanctification-part-2 |publisher=Sharper Iron |access-date=30 September 2020 |language=en |date=10 February 2020}}</ref>]]

The '''Higher Life movement''', also known as '''deeper Christian life''', the '''Keswick movement''' or '''Keswickianism''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ɛ|z|ᵻ|ˈ|k|i|ə|n|ɪ|z|ə|m}} {{respell|KEZ|i|KEE|ə|niz|əm}}), was a [[Protestant theologies|Protestant theological tradition]] within [[evangelical Christianity]] that espoused a distinct teaching on the doctrine of [[entire sanctification]].<ref name="SannerHarper1978">{{cite book |last1=Sanner |first1=A. Elwood |last2=Harper |first2=Albert Foster |title=Exploring Christian Education |date=1978 |publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City |isbn=978-0-8341-0494-5 |page=101 |language=en |quote=The new evangelicalism embraced a variety of theological emphases including: classic orthodoxy (Lutheran and Reformed), Anglican thought, Pietism, Arminianism, Keswickianism, Fundamentalism, and others.}}</ref> 

Its name comes from the ''Higher Christian Life'', a book by [[William Boardman]] published in 1858, as well as from the town in which the movement was first promoted—[[Keswick Convention]]s in [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], England, the first of which was a [[tent revival]] in 1875 and continues to this day, albeit with a more mainstream reformed evangelical theology.<ref name="Olson2005">{{cite book |last1=Olson |first1=Roger E. |title=The SCM Press A-Z of Evangelical Theology |date=2005 |publisher=Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd |isbn=978-0-334-04011-8 |pages=83–94 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Combs2020"/>[https://keswickministries.org/keswick-ministries-about/ Keswick Ministries - Our Beliefs]