SRS, please characterize "the current standoff". Both science and religion are rather large spheres of endeavor.

My favorite definition of religion is "the awe in which we hold our ignorance." Science is a set of behaviors that attempt to consistently dispel ignorance. It does not mean there is no awe, but it intensifies awe to actually feel one has a grasp on understanding.

Also what do you mean by "for a 'very' long time they worked hand-in-hand."? Galileo, Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley may beg to differ, Gregor Mendel notwithstanding.