In the world but not of the world: going beyond a dilemma.

Is the issue addressed in this volume a question like "What time is it?" or a quest-ion like "What is time?" I argue that it is a quest-ion that requires professional chaplaincy to quest for an answer although it will always have blurred edges that lack succinctness, clarity, and certainty. The challenge posed by the quest-ion means that we must transform the dilemma into a higher synthesis that respects the qualitative aspects inherent in the profession.