As with most everything, there are different levels of commitment to nonviolence. An example of a person whose life was based on nonviolence - all day, every day - was ___. Later in life, he said that he had come to realize that his relationship with his enemy is the same as his relationship with God.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.