Covenant

Covenant may refer to:

Religion

* Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general
** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible
** Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people
** Covenant of allegiance in Ahmadiyya Islam, which requires followers to fulfill the Ten Conditions of Bai'at
** Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in the Bahá'í faith, two separate binding agreements between God and man
*** Greater Covenant, the covenant made between each Manifestation from God and his followers regarding the coming of the next Manifestation from God
*** Lesser Covenant, regarding the successorship of authority within the religion
** Covenant theology, in Christianity interpretations of a covenant surrounding Jesus's death and resurrection
** Mosaic covenant, a biblical covenant between God and the biblical Israelites, including their proselytes.
** New Covenant theology, a Christian theological position teaching that the Old Testament laws have been abrogated or cancelled with Jesus' crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant
** New Covenant, a biblical interpretation often thought of as an eschatological Messianic Age or world to come and is related to the biblical concept of the Kingdom of God
** Solemn League and Covenant, an agreement between the Scottish Covenanters and the leaders of the English Parliamentarians in 1643 during the First English Civil War
* Covenant of the Goddess, a cross-traditional Wiccan group
* Church covenant, a promise made by members to each other within a Christian church

Politics

'Covenant' is, in politics, used as near-equivalent of the term 'charter'; perhaps the most famous example is the Covenant of the League of Nations.

Law

* Covenant (law), a promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action (including restrictive covenant, a restriction on the use of property)
* Covenant marriage, a marriage contract that does not allow for no-fault divorce

Film and television

Film

* ''The Covenant'' (1985 film), an American television horror film
* ''The Covenant'' (2006 film), an American supernatural horror film
* '' Alien: Covenant'', a 2017 film by Ridley Scott; the second prequel in the ''Alien'' franchise
* '' Guy Ritchie's The Covenant'', a 2023 action-thriller film

Television

* The Covenant (''Alias''), a fictional organization in the series ''Alias''
* "Covenant" (''Millennium''), a 1997 episode
* "Covenant" (''Smallville''), a 2004 episode
* "Covenant" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a 1998 episode
* "Covenant" (''Stargate SG-1''), a 2004 episode
* "The Covenant" (''Homeland''), a 2017 episode
* "The Covenant" (''Walker, Texas Ranger''), a 1995 episode

Fiction

* Covenant (short story), a short story by Elizabeth Bear
* Covenant (''World of Darkness''), in the fictional ''World of Darkness'' universe
* ''The Covenant'' (novel), a novel by James Michener set in South Africa
* Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, the protagonist and title character of a series of fantasy novels by Stephen R. Donaldson

Music

* Covenant (band), a Swedish band
* Covenant, former name of the Norwegian band The Kovenant
* ''Covenant'' (Greg Brown album)
* ''Covenant'' (Morbid Angel album), the third album by death metal band Morbid Angel
* ''Covenant'' (UFO album), the 16th album by heavy metal band UFO

Video games

* Covenant (''Halo''), a religious alliance of alien races in the ''Halo'' video game series
* '' Shadow Hearts: Covenant'', console role-playing game developed by Nautilus and published by Midway in 2004
* Daggerfall Covenant, a faction in MMORPG ''The Elder Scrolls Online''
* ''The Covenant'', a 1985 video game by PSS software
* Covenant, the name of a Settlement in ''Fallout 4''

Other

*The Armed Forces Covenant or Military Covenant, terms used in the United Kingdom referring to the mutual obligations of the general public and the British Armed Forces.

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