In this late historical phase, when there is even a sense in which we might be past history, religion may well appear as the mood embraced in an effort to come to terms with two unanswerable questions — it is the phase in our history in which we know that these questions are unanswerable. The first is: "What am I doing, any way?' And its trouble leads to the second: "Who am I, anyway?' In one question: what can I truly believe about my fate?