The Argument from Story

In the latest issue of the Mars Hill Review, there is an article by John Sexton entitled “The Argument from Story.”

The journal’s summary of the article is as follows:

The author reviews the classic arguments given by philosophers for the existence of God and proposes another argument that apologists have overlooked: the argument from story. In doing so, he revisits Joseph Campbell’s concept of the monomyth, or hero’s journey, which is at the heart of the greatest stories ever told.

On page 42, Sexton writes:
How exactly does one account for the centrality of “death and resurrection” at the core of man’s being and the Christian story? One could simply say Christianity is a projection of the psyche and be done with it. But, not so fast. Even as a lie, Christianity is nevertheless a pure and perfect distillation of man’s “collective unconscious.” Put another way, if Christianity is not true, it is revealed to be merely the greatest work of art ever created. In either case it deserves a good deal of our attention. Of course the Christian, who takes from the text itself that God is a storyteller, is free to believe both.