Rupert Shortt
Rupert Shortt is a British author, biographer and journalist. He is known for writing about the modern persecution of Christians around the world,[1] including in his book Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack,[2][3] and for a series of works defending the coherence of classical theism in general and a Christian world view in particular.[4]
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."[5]
Shortt is a Fellow Commoner of St Edmund's College, Cambridge[6] and was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ↑ Jones, Alistair (2018). "Review of The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in The Middle East: Prevention, Prohibition, & Prosecution". New Blackfriars. 99 (1083): 685–687. doi:10.1111/nbfr.12388. ISSN 0028-4289. JSTOR 45095868.
- ↑ Pickering, W. S. F. (2013-03-28). "Christianophobia. A Faith under Attack. By Rupert Shortt". Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. 2 (1): 239–241. doi:10.1093/ojlr/rwt005. ISSN 2047-0770.
- ↑ "Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, By Rupert Shortt". The Independent. 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ↑ Ellis, Fiona. "Ultimate Questions; God is No Thing book review | The TLS". TLS. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ↑ Williams, Rowan (2016-03-24). "God Is No Thing by Rupert Shortt review – an excellent response to New Atheism". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ↑ Anonymous (2025-12-08). "Rupert Shortt". st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-08.