CFI Speaker - Robert Tucker
Come hear UU minister emeritus Dr. Robert Tucker at this joint Humanist Association of West Central Florida and Center for Inquiry Tampa Bay meeting.
Dr. Tucker will give two presentations, and there will be time for questions. A nearby restaurant will give us a chance to continue discussing the topics, and socializing with friends.
First, AMERICA IS NOT A CHRISTIAN NATION: Dr. Tucker will survey some of the history of the popular but mistaken belief that the United States was intentionally and legally founded as a Christian nation. He will survey some recent and rather startling (and possibly unsettling) instances of this false belief in action.
WAYS OF KNOWING: SCIENCE VS. RELIGION: in the second half, Dr. Tucker will offer a 14-point analysis of the great differences between the epistemologies, goals and language of modern science and traditional religion.
Biography: Robert P. Tucker received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Theology from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; his B.A. degree in Religion and Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Dr. Tucker's career combined teaching and ministry. He taught Religion, Philosophy, Ethics and Logic at Yankton College (Yankton, South Dakota) and at Florida Southern College (Lakeland, Florida). He has served congregations in Texas, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia and Florida.
From 1995-2008, Dr. Tucker served as the Minister of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lakeland, Florida. Now retired, he is Minister Emeritus of the Congregation.
Dr. Tucker has served as a member of the Boards of Florida District UUA, and the UU in the Pines. He is a Founding Board Member of Humanist Association of West Central Florida. His wife, Roberta, is a professor of French Literature at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Their daughter, Erin, is a lawyer in New York City.
When
: Saturday, April 17, 11 a.m.
Where
: Seffner-Mango Public Library, 410 North Kingsway Road, Seffner, Florida 33584-4923 (813) 273-3652
Map
:
http://hcplc.org/hcplc/liblocales/smb/
Admission
: free
April Meeting Driving directions to the Seffner- Mango Library
:
From Tampa: Take I-4 East
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Take exit 10 for Mango-Thonotosassa Roads (County Route 579),
Turn right, but head for left lane,
Turn left at first traffic light, on US-92 E/FL-600 E/E Hillsborough Ave for 1.5 mi.,
Turn right at N Kingsway Rd for 0.4 mi Library will be on the right.
From Lakeland: Take I-4 West
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Take exit 14 for McIntosh Rd,
Turn left at McIntosh Rd for 0.5 mi.,
Turn right at US-92 W/FL-600 W/W Hillsborough Ave for 2.1 mi.
Turn left at N Kingsway Rd for 0.4 mi
Library will be on the right.
