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, [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 research associate at the Von Hugel Institute, University of Cambridge [6] and was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, By Rupert Shortt". The Independent. 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  4. Ellis, Fiona. "Ultimate Questions; God is No Thing book review | The TLS". TLS. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  5. 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.
  6. Anonymous (2019-06-21). "Rupert Shortt". www.vhi.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-02.