Jeffrey F. Keuss (PhD Glasgow, ALM Harvard) is Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture at Seattle Pacific University, USA and on the editorial board of Literature and Theology.

• 1. Introduction: Poetics of Justice: Activism and the Literary Self – Nostalgia, Kenosis, and Interpretation 2. Shusaku Endo: Activism and Dismantling Missional Colonialism3. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Thomas Merton: The Literary Self and Contemplative Activism in the Face of Violence4. Marilynne Robinson: False Nostalgia and the Literary Self 5. Cormac McCarthy: Activism and Faith Without Borders6. Octavia E. Butler: Activism and the Faith of Atheism7. Conclusion

Jeffrey F. Keuss (PhD Glasgow, ALM Harvard) is Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture at Seattle Pacific University, USA and on the editorial board of Literature and Theology.

• 1. Introduction: Poetics of Justice: Activism and the Literary Self – Nostalgia, Kenosis, and Interpretation 2. Shusaku Endo: Activism and Dismantling Missional Colonialism3. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Thomas Merton: The Literary Self and Contemplative Activism in the Face of Violence4. Marilynne Robinson: False Nostalgia and the Literary Self 5. Cormac McCarthy: Activism and Faith Without Borders6. Octavia E. Butler: Activism and the Faith of Atheism7. Conclusion

Jeffrey F. Keuss (PhD Glasgow, ALM Harvard) is Professor of Christian Ministry, Theology, and Culture at Seattle Pacific University, USA and on the editorial board of Literature and Theology.

• 1. Introduction: Poetics of Justice: Activism and the Literary Self – Nostalgia, Kenosis, and Interpretation 2. Shusaku Endo: Activism and Dismantling Missional Colonialism3. Ta-Nehisi Coates and Thomas Merton: The Literary Self and Contemplative Activism in the Face of Violence4. Marilynne Robinson: False Nostalgia and the Literary Self 5. Cormac McCarthy: Activism and Faith Without Borders6. Octavia E. Butler: Activism and the Faith of Atheism7. Conclusion