Elie Wiesel's mother, father, and sister were killed (two sisters survived) during the Holocaust. After surviving such trauma, he said that it was easier to regain his faith in ___ than to regain it in mankind.

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.