Rupert Shortt

Religion and Society

Rupert Shortt is a bestselling author and Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute, University of Cambridge. He was Religion Editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020 and has written for a range of publications, including The GuardianFTDaily TelegraphTablet and Spectator. His books include Benedict XVI (2005), Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack (2012), Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop (2014), God Is No Thing: Coherent Christianity (2016), Outgrowing Dawkins: God for Grown-Ups (2019), The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering (2022) and The Eclipse of Christianity and Why It Matters (2024).