belief system and gives a general perspective; morality emphasizes individual acts and gives specific principles. The distinction between these two terms can be seen further in Moreland and Craig’s explanation that “ethics can be understood as the … study of morality.”12 So, then, while the terms ethics and morals will be used interchangeably in this text out of convention, the reader should be aware that the words are not strictly synonymous. Having covered several of the foundational distinctives