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This seminar focuses on the issue of social justice in the lives and thought of Thomas Merton, contemplative monk and Martin Luther King, Jr., activist civil rights leader, who both mounted major critiques of U.S. public policy in the 1960s. Despite biographical and vocational differences, their arguments significantly converged on issues of racism, poverty, and war. Through close reading and discussion of their major work, we will critically examine their proposals for radical social change.