On the thirtieth anniversary of John Lennon's death, we've grown accustomed to imagining that "there's no heaven . . . and no religion, too." But as any number of theologians (many of them Fortress Press authors) remind us, religion isn't the problem; narrow-mindedness is. Radical and liberal theology have always been comfortable moving beyond literalism in God-talk to discuss the deepest concerns we share--for the welfare of the poor and the future of our planet. See for example

Richard Grigg, BEYOND THE GOD DELUSION: HOW RADICAL THEOLOGY HARMONIZES SCIENCE AND RELIGION (here: http://fortresspress.com/store/item.jsp?clsid=203040&productgroupid=0&isbn=0800662725 )
and Peter C. Hodgson, LIBERAL THEOLOGY: A RADICAL VISION (here: http://fortresspress.com/store/item.jsp?clsid=202923&productgroupid=0&isbn=0800638980 ).