A bird’s eye view of history shows that the tension between religion and science is almost as old as humanity itself—as are the attempts to resolve it. Using first-hand autobiographical accounts, this workshop will examine the perennial issues that characterize the encounter between religion and science. The workshop will go on to explore some of the very promising (but neglected) responses to this conflict in modern times. A close study of these responses will show that; a) they deeply engage with the wisdom of tradition in the attempt to understand and respond to the contemporary manifestation of this age-old problem, b) they see the contemporary religion-science conflict to be inseparable from the crisis within modern science, and c) they recognize the uniquely modern features of this perennial conflict that demand creative thinking and novel ideas. The goal of the workshop is to help the students identify (and avoid) the red herrings, cul-de-sacs, and dead ends that often characterize the religion-science discussions—while at the same time opening up new avenues, sources, and resources that enrich the discussion and move it in a constructive direction. This is a 3-5 day workshop in which students study primary texts of important thinkers such as Imam Ghazali, Abdul Majid Daryabadi, Moses Maimonides, John Dewey, Christian Smith, Peter Berger, and Muhammad Rafiuddin. These texts familiarize the students with the ideas and terminology of perennial questions in intellectual history and their modern day manifestation—especially as it relates to the relationship between religion, philosophy and science.