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Acknowledgments. Introduction. An overview. With thanks. 1. Redundant Hope. Daniel: my critical incident. The development of hope: Rumbold's 'three orders'. First-order: Denial of symptoms and hope for recovery. Second-order: Denial of non-recovery and hope beyond recovery. Elaine: moving on fromangry. Third-order: Hope that faces existential extinction. 2. Evocative Presence. A visitor in Room 20: 'And ... ?' Peter: How now to pray? The chaplain as an 'evocative presence'. Positive projection: 'Positive' outcome. Positive projection: 'Negative' outcome. Rosetta: 'You wouldn't want him here!' Negativeprojection: 'Negative' outcome. Negative projection: 'Positive' outcome. How chaplains work with negative transference. Summary. 3. Accompanying Presence.Karl: they want us to let go. Physical presence: being-there. Thomas: separate lives. Emotional presence: being-with. Joan: So many questions. Arthur:staying with the bewildered. Summary. 4. Comforting Presence. Phoebe: a very tired 86 year old. Active presence. Michael: 'Because'! Passive presence.Alfred: the 'Ya-neva-know' defence. Sally: Chipping away at a big block of terror. Summary. 5. Hopeful Presence. Yvonne: 'Cancer - welcome aboard'! Ray:'Nuthin' I can do about it'. Reconfiguring hope: from hope to hopeful. The strength to live hopefully. Presence and the reconfiguring of hope. Summary. 6.Rethinking Spiritual Care as Presence. Managing the anxiety of death. Penny: 'If I could get control of my emotions everything would be fine'. Owning theanxiety our own death. Sue: I'd love to have my nails done! Returning to Daniel. 7. Towards a theory of 'chaplain as hopeful presence'. Summary. Evocativepresence. Accompanying Presence. Comforting Presence. Hopeful Presence. Conclusion. By Way of an Ending: A Personal View. Chris: A birthday kiss. Appendix: The research project. Introduction.Research process. Analytic method. Credibility. Ethical issues. References. Index.