《Androcles and The Lion An Old Fable Renovated》

PREFACE ON THE PROSPECTS OF GHRISTIANITY9

Why not give Christianity a Trial？9

Why Jesus more than Another？11

Was Jesus a Coward？12

Was Jesus a Martyr？13

The Gospels without Prejudice14

The Gospels now Unintelligible to Novices15

Worldliness of the Majority16

Religion of the Minority．Salvationism17

The Difference between Atonement and Punishment18

Salvation at first a Class Privilege；and the Remedy19

Retrospective Atonement；and the Expectation of the Redeemer20

Completion of the Scheme by Luther and Calvin21

John Barleycorn22

Looking for the End of the World23

The Honor of Divine Parentage24

MATTHEW25

The Annunciation：the Massacre：the Flight25

John the Baptist27

Jesus Joins the Baptists27

The Savage John and the Civilized Jesus28

Jesus not a Proselytist29

The Teachings of Jesus30

The Miracles31

Matthew imputes Bigotry to Jesus33

The Great Change34

Jerusalem and the Mystical Sacrifice35

Not this Man but Barabbas36

The Resurrection36

Date of Matthew＇s Narrative36

Class Type of Matthew＇s Jesus37

MARK38

The Women Disciples and the Ascension38

LUKE40

Luke the Literary Artist40

The Charm of Luke＇s Narrative40

The Touch of Parisian Romance41

Waiting for the Messiah42

JOHN44

A New Story and a New Character44

John the Immortal Eye-Witness45

The Peculiar Theology of Jesus48

John agreed as to the Trial and Crucifixion49

Credibility of the Gospels50

Fashions in Belief52

Credibility and Truth53

Christian Iconolatry and the Peril of the Iconoclast55

The Alternative to Barabbas56

The Reduction to Modern Practice of Christianity58

Modern Communism60

Redistribution61

Shall He who Makes，Own？61

Labor Time62

The Dream of Distribution according to Merit63

Vital Distribution64

Equal Distribution65

The Captain and the Cabin Boy66

The Political and Biological Objections to Inequality67

Jesus as Economist67

Jesus as Biologist68

Money the Midwife of Scientific Communism69

Judge Not70

Limits to Free Will71

Jesus on Marriage and the Family73

Why Jesus did not Marry74

Inconsistency of the Sex Instinct75

For Better for Worse76

The Remedy77

The Case for Marriage78

Celibacy no Remedy78

After the Crucifixion80

The Vindictive Miracles and the Stoning of Stephen80

Paul82

The Confusion of Christendom86

The Secret of Paul＇s Success87

Paul＇s Qualities88

The Acts of the Apostles89

The Controversies on Baptism and Transubstantiation91

The Alternative Christs93

Credulity no Criterion94

Belief in Personal Immortality no Criterion95

The Secular View Natural，not Rational，therefore Inevitable96

＇The Higher Criticism＇97

The Perils of Salvationism98

The Importance of Hell in the Salvation Scheme99

The Right to Refuse Atonement100

The Teaching of Christianity100

Christianity and the Empire102

ANDROCLES AND THE LION111

Appendix to the Play152