It is usually contrasted with another interpretative framework for Scripture called “Dispensational Theology” or “Dispensationalism.” Dispensationalism is currently the most popular scriptural interpretative method in American evangelicalism, and has been so from the latter half of the 19th century. Covenant Theology, however, remains the majority report for Protestantism since the time of the Reformation, and it is the system favored by those of a more Reformed or Calvinistic persuasion.
Huwa mara nyingi umelinganishwa na mfumo mwingine tafsiri kwa maandiko uitwayo 'Theolojia ya mgagwanyo, ' au 'Mgwaganyiko.’ mgwaganyiko kwa sasa ndio naman maarufu ya kutafsiri maandiko kiunjilisiti Amerikani, na imekuwa hivyo tangu nusu ya mwisho ya karne ya 19 hadi karne ya 21. Theolojia- Mkataba, hata hivyo, bado umebaki kuwa wingi wa ripoti ya Waprotestanti tangu wakati wa mageuzi, na ni mfumo unapendwa na wale wa mageuzi au ushawishi wa Kicalvin.