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Promised Land (disambiguation)

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Promised Land, as described in the Bible, is the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants. The Land of Promise (Tír Tairngire) is a name for the Irish Otherworld.

Promised Land or Land of Promise may also refer to:

Books

  • A Promised Land, a 2020 memoir by former United States President Barack Obama
  • Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States, a 2012 book by Michael Lind
  • Promised Land (novel), a 1976 Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker
  • Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America, a 2008 book by Jay Parini
  • The Promised Land (autobiography), the 1912 autobiography of Mary Antin
  • The Promised Land (novel), an 1899 novel by Władysław Reymont

Film

  • The Promised Land (1925 film), a French silent film
  • The Promised Land (1973 film), a Chilean film
  • The Promised Land (1975 film), a Polish film based
  • The Promised Land (1986 film), a Yugoslav film by Veljko Bulajić
  • Promised Land (1987 film), starring Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan
  • Promised Land (2002 film), a South African film based on the novel by Karel Schoeman
  • Promised Land (2004 film), an Israeli film
  • Swapnabhumi (The Promised Land), a 2007, Bangladeshi documentary film by Tanvir Mokammel
  • Promised Land (2012 film), an American drama film by Gus Van Sant
  • The Promised Land (2015 film), a Chinese film

Television

  • Promised Land (TV series), a 1996–1999 American television series starring Gerald McRaney
  • The Promised Land (miniseries), a Canadian television miniseries also known as Les Brûlés
  • The Promised Land, a story-arc in the eighth series of Doctor Who
  • "Promised Land", a 1991 episode of Inspector Morse set in rural Australia
  • "The Promised Land" (New York Undercover), a 1997 episode of New York Undercover
  • "Promised Land" (The Outer Limits), a 1998 episode of The Outer Limits
  • "Promised Land" (The Vampire Diaries), a 2014 episode of the TV series The Vampire Diaries
  • Red Dwarf: The Promised Land, a 2020 British television film

Music

Albums

  • Promised Land (EP), a 1998 EP by Dispatched
  • Promised Land (Harold Land album), 2001
  • Promised Land (Elvis Presley album), 1975
  • Promised Land (Queensrÿche album), 1994
  • Promised Land (Rurutia album), 2004
  • Promised Land (Robert Walker album), 1997
  • Promised Land (Dar Williams album), 2008
  • The Promiseland, an album by Willie Nelson, 1986
  • The Promised Land (Del McCoury Band album)
  • The Promised Land (Sagol 59 album), by Sagol 59 and Ami Yares
  • The Promise Land, a 2001 album by Cedar Walton
  • The Promised Land (Muzz album), 2020

Songs

  • "Promised Land" (Chuck Berry song), a song recorded in 1965 by Chuck Berry, also recorded by Elvis Presley in 1974
  • "Promised Land" (Crash Test Dummies song)
  • "Promised Land" (Joe Smooth song)
  • "The Promised Land" (Bruce Springsteen song), 1978
  • "Promised Land", a 2010 song by Avantasia from Angel of Babylon
  • "Promised Land", a 1995 song by Cast from All Change
  • "Promised Land", a song by Dennis Brown
  • "Promised Land", a 2005 song by Edan from Beauty and the Beat
  • "The Promised Land", a song by Justin Hayward from The View from the Hill
  • "Promised Land", a 1998 song by L'Arc-en-Ciel HEART
  • "Land of Promise", a 2010 song by Nas and Damian Marley from Distant Relatives
  • "Promised Land", a song by the fictional band Vesuvius featured in The Rocker

Other music

  • Promise Land (band), an American Christian rock band
  • Promise Land (DJs), an Italian DJ and production duo
  • The Promised Land (Saint-Saëns), an oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns

Places

Australia

  • Promisedland, Queensland
  • Promised Land, Tasmania

United States

  • Promised Land (Braithwaite, Louisiana), a historic mansion
  • Promised Land, Mississippi
  • Promised Land, New York
  • Promised Land State Park, Pike County, Pennsylvania
  • Promised Land, South Carolina, an unincorporated community
  • Promise Land, Tennessee, a former unincorporated community

Other

  • Promised Land (CBC Radio One), a CBC Radio One program
  • The Promised Land (radio), a radio show hosted by Majora Carter
  • Promised Land (LIRR station), a former railroad station stop on the Long Island Rail Road
  • The Promised Land (sculpture), a 1993 sculpture in Portland, Oregon

See also

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