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Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr. were seminal figures in 20th Century American religion. Their thought and practice helped to shape the ongoing vision for peace and community across the many forms of diversity incumbent in society. In Blessed are the Peacemakers: A Theological Analysis of the Thought of Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. C. Anthony Hunt offers insights on the life and thought of Thurman and King. As both envisaged peaceful community as critical to just society, Hunt identifies ten principles from the work of Thurman and King that will be critical to the realization of peaceful community in the new millennium.