Faith is confidence or trust in a particular religious belief system.
Faith may also refer to:
- Bad faith, a legal concept in which a malicious motive on the part of a party in a lawsuit undermines their case
- Bad faith (existentialism), mauvaise foi, a philosophical concept wherein one denies one's total freedom, instead choosing to behave as an inert object
- Fáith, the Irish for "prophet, seer"
- Good faith, bona fides, the mental and moral state of honesty
- Religion, any specific system of belief ("one's faith")
- Religious belief, the belief in the reality of the mythological, supernatural, or spiritual aspects of a religion
- The first of the theological virtues in Catholic theology
- Trust (social science) in a person or entity
- Uberrima fides (Utmost good faith), the legal doctrine of certain contractual obligations
As a proper name
editPlaces in the United States
editMusic
editBands
edit- Faith (band), a doom metal group
Albums
edit- Faith (The Cure album), 1981
- Faith (Dynamic Praise album), 2001
- Faith (Eyes of Eden album), 2007
- Faith (Faith Evans album), 1995
- Faith (Faith Hill album), 1998
- Faith (George Michael album), 1987
- Faith (H2O album), 1984
- Faith (Hyde album), 2006
- Faith (Pop Smoke album), 2021
- Faith (Rise and Fall album), 2012
- Faith: A Holiday Album, 1999 album by Kenny G
- Faith: A Hymns Collection, a 2006 album by Avalon
Songs
edit- "Faith" (Celine Dion song), 2003
- "Faith" (Galantis and Dolly Parton song), 2019
- "Faith" (George Michael song), 1987
- "Faith" (Ghost song), 2018
- "Faith" (Lords of the Underground song), 1995
- "Faith" (Rina Aiuchi song), 2001
- "Faith" (Stevie Wonder song), 2016
- "Faith" (The Weeknd song), 2020
- "Faith", a song by Jordin Sparks from Battlefield
- "Faith", a song by Luscious Jackson from Fever In Fever Out
- "Faith", a song by Calvin Harris from Motion
- "Faith", a song by Nana Mizuki from Hybrid Universe
- "Faith (In the Power of Love)" by Rozalla, 1991
Name
editGiven name
edit- Faith (name), an English feminine given name
- Faith Bandler (1918–2015), Australian civil rights activist of South Sea islander heritage
- Faith Brown (born 1944), British actress and impressionist
- Faith Dane (born 1923), American entertainer
- Faith Dillon (born 2002), American taekwondo athlete
- Faith Esham (born 1948), American operatic soprano
- Faith Evans (born 1973), American R&B singer
- Faith Ford (born 1964), American actress
- Faith Goldy (born 1989), Canadian political commentator and reporter
- Faith Hedgepeth (1992–2012), American murder victim
- Faithe Herman, American actress
- Faith Hill (born 1967), American country and pop singer
- Lady Mary Faith Montagu (1911–1983), British aristocrat
- Faith Popcorn (born 1947), American futurist
- Faith Da Silva (born 2001), Filipina actress
- Faith Whittlesey (1939–2018), American politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer
- Faith Yang (born 1974), Taiwanese singer and model
Surname
edit- Adam Faith (1940–2003), English pop singer
- Bob Faith (born 1963/1964), American businessman, founder, chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners
- Horace Faith (?–2015), Jamaican reggae singer
- Paloma Faith (born 1981), English singer and actress
- Percy Faith (1908–1976), Canadian bandleader and composer
- Saint Faith, or Saint Foi, a third-century AD French saint
Middle name
edit- Cora Faith Walker, American lawyer and politician
Nickname
edit- Corey Taylor (born 1973), American musician nicknamed "Faith"
Characters
edit- Faith (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
- Faith Connors, the protagonist in the action-adventure video game Mirror's Edge
- Faith Herbert, a superhero in the Valiant comics universe
- Faith Lehane, a fictional character for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, portrayed by Eliza Dushku
- Faith Newman, a character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Faith Seed, a character in the video game Far Cry 5
Film and television
edit- Faith (1916 film) or The Virtuous Outcast, a 1916 American silent film
- Faith (1919 film), a 1919 American film directed by Charles Swickard and Rex Wilson
- Faith (1920 film), an American silent romantic drama film
- Faith (British TV series), a 1994 two part TV miniseries
- "Faith" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2002 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- "Faith" (Supernatural), a 2006 episode of Supernatural
- "Faith" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2008 episode of Battlestar Galactica
- Faith (Stargate Universe), a 2010 episode of Stargate Universe
- Faith (South Korean TV series), a 2012 South Korean fusion fantasy-historical-medical television series
Ships
edit- SS Faith, the first concrete ship built in the United States
- MV Empire Faith, a British CAM (catapult aircraft merchant) ship, converted to cargo ship in 1943
Other
edit- Faith (dog) (2002-2014), bipedal dog, born with only three legs
- Faith (shoe retailer), British shoe company
- Faith 7, name given to the space capsule, by its pilot, in the 1963 US space mission Mercury-Atlas 9
- Faith (novel), first in the Faith, Hope, Charity espionage trilogy of novels by Len Deighton
- Hurricane Faith, a tropical cyclone which reached the Faeroe Islands, part of the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season
- Faith, a magazine published by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing
- Faith (meteorite), a chondrite meteorite
- Faith: The Unholy Trinity, a trilogy of retro style horror video games