Sentence:  In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed , the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources <WSD>are</WSD> at hand - and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)