PREFACE TO ANDROCLES AND THE LION: ON THE PROSPECTS OF
CHRISTIANITY

BERNARD SHAW

1912


CONTENTS:

Why not give Christianity a Trial?
Why Jesus more than Another?
Was Jesus a Coward?
Was Jesus a Martyr?
The Gospels without Prejudice
The Gospels now unintelligible to Novices
Worldliness of the Majority
Religion of the Minority. Salvationism
The Difference between Atonement and Punishment
Salvation at first a Class Privilege; and the Remedy
Retrospective Atonement; and the Expectation of the Redeemer
Completion of the Scheme by Luther and Calvin
John Barleycorn
Looking for the End of the World
The Honor of Divine Parentage

MATTHEW
The Annunciation: the Massacre: the Flight
John the Baptist
Jesus joins the Baptists