Full Name Earl Irvin West Nationality USA | Years active 1949–2004 Name Earl West | |
Alma mater Butler UniversityIndiana University Notable work Search for the Ancient Order Books The Search for the Ancient Order: A History of the Restoration Movement, 1849-1906 Education Butler University, Indiana University Bloomington | ||
Earl Irvin West (May 18, 1920, Carmel, Indiana – February 4, 2011, Memphis, Tennessee) was a historian of the Restoration Movement. He was known for his multivolume work Search for the Ancient Order, published incrementally from 1949 to 1993. He was baptized by Hugo McCord in 1935. A graduate of Butler University, he received his Ph.D in American History at Indiana University. Although he lived in Indianapolis, Indiana, and was the minister for two different congregations, he also served for many years as professor of church history at Harding Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee, now Harding School of Theology, commuting once a week to Memphis. West founded Religious Book Service.
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