Rupert Shortt
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Rupert Shortt is a British author, biographer and journalist. He is known for writing about the modern persecution of Christians around the world,{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=Alistair |date=2018 |title=Review of The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in The Middle East: Prevention, Prohibition, & Prosecution|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45095868 |journal=New Blackfriars |volume=99 |issue=1083 |pages=685–687 |doi=10.1111/nbfr.12388 |issn=0028-4289 |jstor=45095868}} including in his book Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack,{{Cite journal |last=Pickering |first=W. S. F. |date=2013-03-28 |title=Christianophobia. A Faith under Attack. By Rupert Shortt. |url=https://academic.oup.com/ojlr/article-abstract/2/1/239/1411100?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Oxford Journal of Law and Religion |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=239–241 |doi=10.1093/ojlr/rwt005 |issn=2047-0770}}{{Cite web |date=2012-11-01 |title=Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, By Rupert Shortt |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/christianophobia-a-faith-under-attack-by-rupert-shortt-8274142.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}} and for a series of works defending the coherence of classical theism in general and a Christian world view in particular.{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Fiona |title=Ultimate Questions; God is No Thing book review {{!}} The TLS |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/religion/theology/more-than-meets-the-eye-3 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=TLS |language=en-GB}}
Rowan Williams wrote that Shortt's book God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity "deserves a place alongside the best intelligent responses to the New Atheism."{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Rowan |date=2016-03-24 |title=God Is No Thing by Rupert Shortt review – an excellent response to New Atheism |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/24/god-no-thing-rupert-shortt-review-response-new-atheism |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Shortt is a research associate at the Von Hugel Institute, University of Cambridge{{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2019-06-21 |title=Rupert Shortt |url=https://www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/directory/shortt |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk |language=en}} and was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020.{{fact|date=September 2024}}
Books
- Rowan Williams: An Introduction (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2003) ISBN 0-232-52490-4
- God’s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation (ed.) (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2005) ISBN 0-232-52545-5
- Benedict XVI: Commander of the Faith (Hodder, 2005) ISBN 978-0-340-909050-8
- Rowan's Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop (Hodder, 2008) ISBN 978-1-444-78743-6
- Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack (Rider, 2012) ISBN 978-1-84604-277-5
- God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity (Hurst, 2016) ISBN 978-1-80526-161-2
- Does Religion Do More Harm than Good? (SPCK, 2019) ISBN 978-0-281-07871-4
- Outgrowing Dawkins: God for Grown-Ups (SPCK, 2019) ISBN 978-0-281-08410-4
- The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering (Hodder, 2022) ISBN 978-1-399-80272-7
- The Eclipse of Christianity - and Why It Matters (Hodder, 2024) ISBN 978-1-399-80274-1
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