David V. Day

{{Short description|British theologian, teacher, academic and priest (born 1936)}} {{about|| the American psychologist| David V. Day (psychologist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Reverend | name = David V. Day | image =  | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Principal of St John's College, Durham | term_start = 1992 | term_end = 1999 | predecessor = Anthony Thiselton | successor = Stephen Sykes  | birth_name = David Vivian Day | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1936|8|11}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | citizenship = | party = | other_party =  | spouse = {{marriage|Lorna Rosemary Taylor|1959}} | children = Three | parents = | relatives = | education = Tottenham Grammar School | alma_mater = Queen Mary College, University of London <br /> University of Nottingham | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | module = {{Infobox clergy | child = yes | religion = Christianity | church = Church of England | ordained = 1999 (deacon) <br /> 2000 (priest) | congregations = St Nicholas' Church, Durham (1999–present) }} }} '''David Vivian Day''' (born 11 August 1936) is a retired British theologian, school teacher, academic, and Anglican priest. From 1992 to 1999, he was Principal of St John's College, Durham.

==Early life and education== Day was born on 11 August 1936 to Frederick Vivian Day and Enid Blodwen (''née'' Evans). He was educated at Tottenham Grammar School, a state grammar school in north London.<ref name="Who's Who 2016">{{cite web|title=DAY, Rev. David Vivian|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U13267|website=Who's Who 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=22 September 2016|date=November 2015}}</ref> He studied classics at Queen Mary College, University of London,<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1957.<ref name="Crockford entry">{{Crockford| surname = Day | forenames = David Vivian | id = 40601 | accessed = 22 September 2016}}</ref>

Day continued his university studies in later life. He studied education at the University of Nottingham while he was a teacher in the city, and graduated with a Master of Education (MEd) degree in 1973.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="Crockford entry" /> He later studied theology at Nottingham, graduating with a Master of Theology (MTh) degree in 1977.<ref name="Crockford entry" />

==Career== Day's early career was spent as a school teacher. From 1958 to 1964, he was a classics master at Southgate County School, the a state grammar school in the London Borough of Enfield. Then, from 1964 to 1966, he was Head of Religious Education at Southgate. He moved to Bilborough School, then a grammar school in Bilborough, Nottingham, and was its Head of Religious Education between 1966 and 1973.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" />

Day then moved into academia. From 1973 to 1979, he was a senior lecturer in theology at Bishop Lonsdale College, an Anglican teacher training college in Derby. In 1979, he moved to the University of Durham. He was a senior lecturer in education between 1979 and 1997, and was Principal of St John's College, Durham between 1992 and 1999.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /> As head of St John's College, he was also part of the leadership of Cranmer Hall, Durham, an Anglican theological college that trains people for ordained ministry.

Having retired from academia, Day felt the call to ordination. He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1999 and as a priest in 2000.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" /><ref name="Crockford entry" /> From 1999 to 2007, he was a non-stipendiary minister at St Nicholas' Church, Durham.<ref name="Crockford entry" /> Since 2007, he has held Permission to Officiate in the Diocese of Durham,<ref name="Crockford entry" /> and continues to preach at St Nicholas' {{as_of|2021|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Team|url=http://www.stnics.org.uk/who_we_are/staff_team/|website=stnics.org.uk|publisher=St Nicholas' Church, Durham|accessdate=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008000558/http://www.stnics.org.uk/who_we_are/staff_team |archive-date=8 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgxc2kg9hA|title=7th February Evening Worship|date=7 Feb 2021|website=YouTube|quote=Leading: Claire Elwood {{!}} Preaching: David Day}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 1959, Day married Lorna Rosemary Taylor. Together they have three children; one daughter and two sons.<ref name="Who's Who 2016" />

==Honours== On 31 March 2016, Day was awarded the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a ceremony at Lambeth Palace.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wyatt|first1=Tim|title=Welby announces Lambeth Award recipients|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/24-march/news/uk/welby-announces-lambeth-award-recipients|accessdate=22 September 2016|work=The Church Times|date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

==Selected works==

* {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=This Jesus |date=1981 |publisher=Inter-Varsity |location=Leicester |isbn=978-0851104294 |edition=2nd}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=Jeremiah: speaking for God in a time of crisis |date=1987 |publisher=Inter-Varsity |location=Leicester |isbn=978-0851104997}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |last2=May |first2=Philip |title=Teenage beliefs |date=1991 |publisher=Lion |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0745919638}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Astley |editor1-first=Jeff |editor2-last=Day |editor2-first=David |title=The contours of Christian education |date=1992 |publisher=McCrimmons |location=Great Wakering, Essex |isbn=978-0855974954}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |last2=Astley |first2=Jeff |title=Beyond the here and now |date=1996 |publisher=Lion |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0745923659}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=A preaching workbook |date=1998 |publisher=Lynx |location=London |isbn=978-1901443158}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=Pearl beyond price: the attractive Jesus |date=2001 |publisher=Fount |location=London |isbn=978-0007115686}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=Embodying the word: a preacher's guide |date=2005 |publisher=SPCK |location=London |isbn=978-0281056897}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Day |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Astley |editor2-first=Jeff |editor3-last=Francis |editor3-first=Leslie J. |title=A reader on preaching: making connections |date=2006 |publisher=Ashgate |location=Aldershot |isbn=978-0754650096}} * {{cite book |last1=Day |first1=David |title=Christ our life: Colossians |date=2013 |publisher=Church House Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-0715143520}}

==References== {{reflist}}

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