Promised Land (disambiguation)

The 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

Land of Israel
Palestine (region)
Holy Land
Tír Tairngire ('Promised Land'), the Celtic Otherworld in Irish mythology

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 family 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

Promise Land (band), an American Christian rock band
Promise Land (DJs), an Italian DJ and production duo
Promised Land (duo), English duo of Nick Feldman and Jon Moss
The Promised Land (Saint-Saëns), an oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Promised Land (CBC Radio One), a radio documentary
The Promised Land (radio program), an American radio show
The Promised Land (sculpture), by David Manuel, 1993, in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
The Promised Land, a plot device in the Final Fantasy VII video game series

Places

Australia

United States

Promised Land (Braithwaite, Louisiana), a historic mansion
Promised Land, Mississippi
Promised Land, New York
Promised Land, South Carolina
Promise Land, Tennessee
Promised Land State Park, Pennsylvania
Promised Land station, a former railroad station on the Long Island Rail Road