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Rupert Shortt is a British author, biographer and journalist. His latest book, The Eclipse of Christianity and Why It Matters, is published by Hodder & Stoughton.
He is known for writing about the modern persecution of Christians around the world, including in his book Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack, and for a series of works defending the coherence of classical theism in general and a Christian world view in particular.
He is a research associate at the Von Hugel Institute, University of Cambridge. He has also also contributed to a wide range of publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Tablet and the Madrid-based Revista de Libros.