The "intellectual" has been defined as (a) a well-published, secular critic of religion (Paul Johnson); and (b) a thinker who defends redemptive religiosity and offers meaning in a disenchanted world (Max Weber). Today, few public intellectuals fit these opposing paradigms as perfectly as the biologist Richard Dawkins and the clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. This paper places the ongoing debate between the two in the context of modern intellectual history. Focusing on the intersection between intellectual and digital religion, this paper explores (1) the rivals' basic positions on religion; (2) influences from the field of religious studies on their theories of religion; (3) their public debates with each other; and (4) a sample of reactions from their online audience. Drawing on the Dawkins/Peterson-debate, the paper aims to highlight key problems and trends in the contemporary intellectual discourse on religion and how digital media reinforces them.