In this essay in The Chronicle Review of April 20, David Barash says,

It has long been, let us say, an article of faith that at least in polite company, religious faith — belief without evidence — should go unchallenged.
No longer. If recent books — many of them by prominent biologists — are any indication, the era of deference to religious belief is ending as faith is subjected to gimlet-eyed scrutiny.

He reviews several recent books on this theme, giving a balanced and thoughtful appraisal of them and of the religious and cultural issues that they raise.

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