A godless universe is still a shocking idea in most parts of the world. He then offers refutations of typical arguments from each group. I see neither need nor sign of any future reconciliation. It's often said that people 'need' something more in their lives than just the material world. There is a gap that must be filled.
Science needs to be released from the lab into the culture.
These questions have now been successfully answered by science. Each advance in scientific knowledge has been followed by a retreat on the part of religion, requiring us to continually redraw the line between their respective domains. There is something dishonestly self-serving in the tactic of claiming that all religious beliefs are outside the domain of science. On the one hand, miracle stories and the promise of life after death are used to impress simple people, win converts, and swell congregations. It is precisely their scientific power that gives these stories their popular appeal.