Daven Michael Kari

Background

Daven Michael Kari was born on September 24, 1953, in Hot Springs, South Dakota, the United States. He is the son of John Nelson and Corinna Nicolls (Morse) Kari.

Education

Kari graduated from Fresno Pacific College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Biblical Studies and History in 1975. He also graduated from Baylor University and Purdue University with a Master Arts degrees in 1983 and 1985, respectively. He earned his doctorate at Purdue University in 1986, and received a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1988.

Career

Kari started his career as a photography studio technician at Johnson's Studio in Manteca, California in 1975. Three years later he became a graduate teaching assistant at Baylor University. Since 1979 till 1985, Kari was also a graduate teaching assistant at Purdue University, and during 1984, he was a minister of music at Calvary Baptist Church in West Lafayette, Indiana.

After his graduation from Purdue University, he became a lecturer in English at Jefferson Community College in Louisville. Till 1990, he also worked as a lectirer at Spalding University and University Louisville.

In 1991, Kari became an assistant professor in English at Missouri Baptist College in St. Louis. During this time he also worked at California Baptist College in Riverside. Two years later he became an associate professor in English and director of Christian Ministry and Fine Arts at California Baptist University. In 1998, he was promoted to the position of a Professor Christian Studies and English, but that year he started working as an academy dean at Washington Bible College in Lanham, Maryland. He held that position for 2 years, when he went to the Baptist Christian School in Hemet, California, where he worked as a minister.

In 2001 Kari tried himself as a freelance writer, however, since 2002, he also works as professor of English at Vanguard University in Southern California.

Achievements

• Kari was ordained to ministry in 1996, and he is best known for his works in the field of theology.
  
  He was also a contributor to books, including Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy, Masterplots: Twentieth Anniversary Revised Second Edition, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Literature, and was a contributor of articles and poems to periodicals, including Christian Single, Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature, and The Writing Lab Newsletter.

Works

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  • A Bibliography of Sources in Christianity and the Arts (Studies in Art and Religious Interpretation,, Vol 16)

    (This work offers lists of bibliographies, key works in th...)

    1995
  • Baptist Reflections on Christianity and the Arts: Learning from Beauty : A Tribute to William L. Hendricks (Studies in Art and Religious Interpretation)

    (Eight essays written in honour of William L. Hendricks, a...)

    1997
  • T.S. Eliot's Dramatic Pilgrimage: A Progress in Craft As an Expression of Christian Perspective (Studies in Art and Relgious Interpretation; Vol 13)

    (This work examines T.S. Eliot's major contributions to ve...)

    1991

Views

Quotations: "The family is the basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect, and fidelity."

"Religious liberty is not merely the right to remain in the religion of one’s birth, but includes the right of anyone to change his religious loyalties without fear of persecution."

Membership

Kari is a member of the American Academy of Religion, Conference on Christianity and Literature, Conference on College Composition and Communication and National Council of Teachers of English.

Interests

• Avocations: poetry, stained glass windows, sculpture, photography, painting, composing music

Connections

Kari married Priya Perianayakam on April 4, 1988. They have 3 children: David Prem, Daniel Michael and Dante Gabriel.

Father:

John Nelson Kari

Mother:

Corinna Nicolls (Morse) Kari

Spouse:

Priya Perianayakam

Son:

Daniel Michael Kari

Son:

Dante Gabriel Kari

Son:

David Prem Kari