(Religion
in the Making, Cleveland: Meridian Books, 1960, 31) This goal of elucidation is apparent when he says that rational religion's aim is to make it «the central element
in a
coherent ordering of
life...
in respect to the elucidation of thought, and
in respect to the direction of conduct...» (Religion
in the Making, Cleveland: Meridian Books, 1960, 30) Religion's final product is the provision of «a
meaning,
in terms of value, for our own existence, a
meaning which flows from the nature of things.»
In the narrative of Israel's experiences at Sinai we find, by and large, a remarkably
coherent, instructive account of the faith of Israel as Israel looks at her own past and the
meaning of her continuing
life.