For over a generation, conservative religion has seemed dominant in America. But there are signs of a strengthening liberal religious movement. For it to flourish, laypeople need a sense of their theological heritage. lays out, in lively and engaging language, the theological house that religious liberalism has inheritedand suggests how this heritage will need to be spiritually and theologically transformed. With chapters that suggest liberal religious commitment is based on common hopes and an expansive love for life, shows how religious liberals have countered fundamentalists for generations,and provides progressives with a theological and spiritual foundation for the years ahead.