Science and Religion: Are They Compatible?

A short book by Alvin Plantinga and Daniel C. Dennett, published by Oxford University Press in 2010. It expands a 2009 public debate between them on whether science and religion are compatible. Plantinga argues that there is no real conflict between science and theistic belief, including evolution, and that the conflict lies between science and naturalism; Dennett argues the contrary, and each then replies to the other. The exchange covers evolution and creation, design and the question of whether evolutionary theory implies an unguided process. It is the briefest statement of the case Plantinga made at length the following year in Where the Conflict Really Lies, and the format lets a reader hear both sides in their own words.