A very influential array of scientists-theologians have argued that theology is also a critical realist discipline, which considers data, draws inference to explanations, and submits these to testing closely analogous to that outlined for a scientific hypothesis. So critical realism as a way of thinking about either science or theology is a position towards which many are drawn. This group includes John Polkinghorne, Ian Barbour, and Arthur Peacocke. The aim of the group is to show the language of science and theology are similar, forming the starting point for a dialogue between the two.
Definition of Critical Realism--A philosophical view of science and/ or theology which asserts that our knowledge of the world refers to the-way-things-really-are, but in a partial fashion which will necessarily be revised as that knowledge develops.
We will take a Critical Realist approach as we seek our model of the God of Abraham.
