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Promised Land is the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants. In modern contexts it is an idea related to the restored homeland for the Jewish people and the concepts of salvation and liberation.
Promised Land or Land of Promise may also refer to:
Religious and historical meanings
Arts and entertainment
Literature
Promised Land (novel) , a Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, 1976
Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America , by Jay Parini, 2008
A Promised Land , a 2020 memoir by former United States President Barack Obama
The Promised Land (autobiography) , by Mary Antin, 1912
The Promised Land (novel) (Ziemia obiecana ), by Władysław Reymont, 1899
Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States , a 2012 book by Michael Lind
Film
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) , a French-Israeli film
Promised Land (2012 film) , an American drama film by Gus Van Sant
The Promised Land (1925 film) , a French silent film
The Promised Land (1973 film) , a Chilean film
The Promised Land (1975 film) (Ziemia obiecana ), a Polish drama
The Promised Land (1986 film) , a Yugoslav film
The Promised Land (2010 film) , a Kazakh film
The Promised Land (2015 film) , a Chinese film
The Promised Land (2023 film) , or Bastarden , a Danish-language film
Swapnabhumi (The Promised Land ), a 2007 Bangladeshi documentary
Television
Promised Land (1996 TV series) , an American drama series
Promised Land (2022 TV series) , an American famnily drama
"Promised Land" (The Vampire Diaries ) , a 2014 episode
"Promised Land",
an Inspector Morse episode , 1991
"Promised Land",
an episode of The Outer Limits , 1998
"Promised Land",
an episode of Treme , 2012
The Promised Land (miniseries) , or Les Brûlés , a Canadian historical drama television miniseries
"The Promised Land" (New York Undercover ) , a 1997 episode
The Promised Land, a story-arc in
Doctor Who (series 8)
Red Dwarf: The Promised Land , a 2020 British TV film
Music
Albums
Promised Land (Dar Williams album) , 2008
Promised Land (Elvis Presley album) , 1975
Promised Land (Harold Land album) , 2001
Promised Land (Queensrÿche album) , 1994
Promised Land (Robert Walker album) , 1997
Promised Land (Rurutia album) , 2004
The Promised Land (Muzz album) , 2020
The Promised Land (Sagol 59 album) , by Sagol 59 and Ami Yares
The Promised Land , a 2006 album by
Del McCoury Band
The Promised Land , two albums by
Zug Izland
The Promise Land , a 2001 album by Cedar Walton
The Promiseland , an album by Willie Nelson, 1986
Promised Land , a 1998 EP by
Dispatched
Songs
"Promised Land" (Chuck Berry song) , 1965, also recorded by Elvis Presley in 1974
"Promised Land" (Crash Test Dummies song) , 2015
"Promised Land" (Joe Smooth song) , 1987, also recorded by The Style Council
"Promised Land" (TobyMac song) , 2021
"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 1983 song by Riot from
Born in America
"Promised Land", a 2021 song by
TobyMac
"Promised Land", a song by the fictional band Vesuvius featured in
The Rocker
"Promiseland", a 2015 song by Mika from
No Place in Heaven
"Promiseland", a 2016 song by
Sebell
Other uses in music
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Places
Australia
United States
See also
Topics referred to by the same term