Covenant
Covenant may refer to:
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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
- Church covenant, a promise made by members to each other within a Christian church
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
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