November 16, 2000

WKU'S Kell Honored For BooK On Southern Baptists

Bowling Green, Ky. - Dr. Carl Kell, a communications professor at Western Kentucky University, has been honored for his book on the Southern Baptist Convention.

"In the Name of the Father: the Rhetoric of the New Southern Baptist Convention," received the 2000 Book of the Year Award from the Religious Communication Association. The award was presented during the National Communications Association meeting in Seattle.

"In the Name of the Father," which Dr. Kell co-authored with L. Raymond Camp of North Carolina State University, is an analysis of the persuasive strategies and loyalist rhetoric of the post-1979 Southern Baptist Convention when moderates were replaced by ultra-conservatives, who have remained in power ever since.

"This award is an honor for both of us," Dr. Kell said.

The book is published by the Southern Illinois University Press.