Science versus Religion

How should the world be viewed - as a complex of elements and forces, both natural and social, to be investigated and explored through the keen eye of empirical analysis, or as a mysterious combination of revelation and divine intervention that can only be understood by exploring the intent of a creator God? Are scientific and religious ways of knowing compatible or forever at loggerheads? Can the claims of science and religion be held simultaneously, or are they mutually exclusive? How are...