According to Jennifer Clark, in the Book of Mormon, names have importance and significance consistent with Israelite practices recorded in the Old Testament (i.e., a name can be a memorial, an indication of change of character, and a part of a covenant or an adoptive relationship. . . . Regarding the idea that renaming was part of a covenant in Nephite culture, when Moroni rallied the people of Nephi with the title of liberty, "all those who were true believers in Christ took upon them, gladly, the name of Christ, or Christians as they were called, because of their belief in Christ who should come" (Alma 46:15). The people then proceeded to "enter into a covenant that they [would] maintain their rights, and their religion" (Alma 46:20) and act the ritual covenant-breaking punishment, which was that "if they should transgress the commandments of God, or fall into transgression, and be ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ, the Lord should rend them even as they had rent their garments" (Alma 46:21). [Jennifer Clark Lane, "The Lord Will Redeem His People: Adoptive Covenant and Redemption in the Old Testament and Book of Mormon," in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Vol. 2/2, Fall 1993, pp. 47-48] [See the commentary on Helaman 5:6]