Awakening

Awakening or The Awakening may refer to:

• Wakefulness, the state of being conscious

Religion

• Awakening (religious movement), a Lutheran movement in Finland
• Great Awakening, several periods of Anglo-American Christian revival
• Bodhi (awakening), a form of Buddhist spiritual enlightenment
• Spiritual awakening, a religious experience involving a realization of a sacred dimension of reality
• Awakening (spiritual retreat), a Christian three day movement program

Film and TV

Film

• The Awakening (1913 film), starring Charlotte Burton
• The Awakening (1914 film), directed by William Desmond Taylor
• The Awakening (1928 film), directed by Victor Fleming
• Awakening (1959 film), starring Josef Kemr
• The Awakening (1980 film), starring Charlton Heston
• Awakening (1981 film), starring Joan Chen
• Awakenings, a 1990 film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, based on the book by Oliver Sacks (see below)
• Awakening (1992 film) or Mary from Beijing, a Hong Kong film
• Awakening (1994 film), a Hong Kong film starring Anthony Wong
• The Awakening, a 1995 film starring Sheila McCarthy
• The Awakening, a 1999 adult film starring Inari Vachs
• The Awakening (2006 film), a Bollywood documentary
• The Awakening (2010 film), starring Kevin Lowe
• The Awakening (2011 film), starring Rebecca Hall
• Awakening (2013 film), starring OC Ukeje

Television

• The Awakening (TV series), a 1984 two-part Singaporean drama series
• The Awakening (Doctor Who), a 1984 Doctor Who serial
• "Awakening" (Angel)
• "Awakening" (The Outer Limits)
• "Awakening" (Sanctuary)
• "Awakening" (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• "Awakening" (Stargate Universe)
• "The Awakening" (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• "The Awakening" (Masters of Science Fiction)
• "The Awakening" (Spider-Man)

Literature

• The Awakening (Armstrong novel), a 2009 Darkest Powers novel by Kelley Armstrong
• The Awakening (Carroll novel) or The Quantum Prophecy, a novel by Michael Carroll
• The Awakening (Chopin novel), an 1899 novel by Kate Chopin
• The Awakening (Smith novel), a novel in the Vampire Diaries series by L. J. Smith
• "The Awakening" (short story), a 1942 story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Awakenings (book), a 1990 non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks
• Awakening, a novella by Judith Berman
• Awakening, a novel by Cate Tiernan
• Awakening, the U.S. title of Les Mal Partis, a novel by Sébastien Japrisot
• Awakening (comics), a number of titles

Music

• The Awakening (band), a formerly South African rock band based in the United States as of 2008
• Awakening Records, a UK-U.S. label specializing in Islamic music

Classical

• "Awakening", by Lars Jansson (b.1936)
• "Awakening", for harp by Barry Conyngham (b.1944)
• "Awakening", by Behzad Ranjbaran (b.1955)

Albums

• Awakening (Jackie Evancho album), 2014
• Awakening (Nicole Mitchell album), 2011
• Awakening (Promise album), 2011
• Awakening (Blessthefall album), or the title song
• Awakening (Narnia album), or the title song, "The Awakening"
• Awakening (Iris album), 2003
• Awakening (Narada Michael Walden album)
• Awakening (Sonny Fortune album), 1975
• Awakening!! Jimmy Woods album, 1962
• The Awakening (Ahmad Jamal album), or the title song
• The Awakening (Caliban album), or the title song
• The Awakening (James Morrison album), or the title song
• The Awakening (Lord Finesse album)
• The Awakening (Melissa Etheridge album), or the three-song title work
• The Awakening (Merciless album), or the title song
• The Awakening (The Pharaohs album), 1972
• The Awakening (PMD album), or the title song
• The Awakening (P.O.D. album), or the title song
• The Awakening (Send More Paramedics album), 2006
• Passion: Awakening, recorded live at Passion Conferences 2010, or the title song
• Awakening, by Color Me Badd
• The Awakening, by The Reddings, or the title song

Songs

• "Awakening" (song), by Switchfoot
• "Awakening", by The Absence from Riders of the Plague
• "Awakening", from the Final Fantasy XI video game soundtrack
• "The Awakening", by Alice Cooper from Welcome to My Nightmare
• "The Awakening", by Godsmack from Faceless
• "The Awakening", by Hawkwind from Space Ritual
• "The Awakening", a piece of library music composed by Johnny Pearson and used as theme music by ITV
• "Awakenings", by Symphony X from The Odyssey
• "Awakening", by Empire of the Sun. Ice on the Dune album, 2013
• "The Awakening", by Joseph Martin

Games

• Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, a 2010 expansion pack for the video game Dragon Age: Origins
• Fire Emblem Awakening, a 2012 strategy video game
• Mage: The Awakening, a role-playing game
• Unreal II: The Awakening, a 2003 first-person shooter video game
• Awakening (game series), a series of casual puzzle adventure games by Boomzap Entertainment

See also

• The Awakening (sculpture), a 1980 sculpture by J. Seward Johnson
• All pages with titles containing Awakening
• Romantic nationalism
• Sons of Iraq, or the Sunni Awakening movement, an ad-hoc armed force for security
• Awake (disambiguation)
• Awaken (disambiguation)
• Awakened (disambiguation)