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John,

Simply put, "Sovereign Grace" theology generally refers to soteriology (aka: the doctrine of salvation which emphasizes monergism), e.g., in opposition to "General Grace" theology (aka: semi-Pelagianism/Arminianism, which emphasizes synergism).

Covenant Theology isn't really a direct comparative to Dispensationalism, because Covenant Theology is more comprehensive, in that it sometimes includes soteriology. However, used in the narrower sense, i.e., in relation to Eschatology (aka: doctrine of last things) they are antithetical. Covenant Theology emphasizes the continuity of God's dealings with man from Genesis to the eschaton. Dispensationalism, as the word implies, emphasizes the discontinuity of God's dealing with man. Both involve their own specific hermeneutic; i.e., the way one interprets Scripture.

Like I said, the above is a very simplistic description of these three things and volumes have been written on each.

In His Grace,