摘要：The editor has raised what for me is the central present problem of Lonergan studies. His invitation to me is that I provide an etching of the problem, a brief basis for discussion. Immediately I think of Fr. Fred Crowe�s old question, What functional speciality are you working in?, and my reply has to be an honest �none.� This seems to me to be an important but simple aspect of the present problem. If one takes Lonergan�s methodological doctrine, as described in Method in Theology, seriously, then one has to attempt some contribution to its implementation.
