In theology, critical realism is an epistemological position adopted by a community of scientists turned theologians.
Polanyi's ideas were taken up enthusiastically by T. F. Torrance, whose work in this area has influenced many theologians calling themselves critical realists.
[1] The aim of the group is to show that the language of science and Christian theology are similar, forming a starting point for a dialogue between the two.
Alister McGrath and Wentzel van Huyssteen (the latter of Princeton Theological Seminary) are recent contributors to this strand.
[2]Wright's fellow biblical scholar, James Dunn, encountered the thought of Bernard Lonergan as mediated through Ben F. Meyer.