Keswick movement
Coordinates: 54 ° 36 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ W
The Keswick Movement ( English Keswick Convention ) is an annual non-denominational meeting of evangelically minded Christians in the English town of Keswick in the northern English county of Cumbria .
history
The Keswick movement has its origins in the English sanctification movement of the 19th century and is theologically rooted in the Wesleyan doctrine of holiness of Methodism and consists primarily of Bible courses and lectures to promote "sanctification by faith". The first meeting took place in Broadlands in 1874 at the suggestion of Robert Pearsall Smith and his wife Hannah Whitall Smith . Subsequent meetings were held in Oxford in 1874 and in Brighton in 1875 . The meeting has been held annually in Keswick since 1875 (excluding the years 1939 to 1945).
Teaching
The Keswick Movement emphasizes basic beliefs about controversial issues such as eschatology. There are close ties to faith missions such as the China Inland Mission . The Keswick movement was critical of the Pentecostal movement and the charismatic movement as well as women as speakers.
literature
- CF Harford: The Keswick Convention; its Message, its Method and its Men , Marshall Brothers, London, 1907.
- Stephan Holthaus: Heil - Heilung - Heiligung , TVG Brunnen, Giessen, 2005.
- Charles Price / Ian Randall: Transforming Keswick , OM Publishing, Carlisle, Cumbria, 2000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b David Goodhew: Keswick Movement . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 4 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , p. 940 , col. 2 .
- ^ J. Gordon Melton: Keswick movement . In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 320 (English).