Awakening

Awakening (or The Awakening) can refer to:

* The term Awake

Arts and literature

* Awakening (comics), a number of titles
* "Awakening", a 2007 novella by Judith Berman
* "Awakening", a 2001 novel by Cate Tiernan
* "The Awakening" (novel), a 1899 novel by Kate Chopin
* The Awakening (sculpture), a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson
* "The Awakening", the US title for The Quantum Prophecy by Michael Carroll
* "The Awakening", a short story by Howard Fast
* Awakenings (book), a non-fiction book by Oliver Sacks

Music

* The Awakening (band), a gothic rock band from South Africa
* The Awakening (Christian AOR band), a progressive rock band recording in the late 1980's.
* "The Awakening" (Caliban album), a 2007 album by German metalcore band Caliban.
* "Awakening" (Color Me Badd album), a 1998 album by Color Me Badd.
* "The Awakening" (Melissa Etheridge album), a 2007 album by Melissa Etheridge
* "The Awakening" (PMD album), a 2003 album by PMD
* "The Awakening" (Lord Finesse album), a 1996 album by rapper Lord Finesse
* "The Awakening" (Merciless album), a 1989 album by Swedish death metal band Merciless
* "The Awakening" (The Reddings album), a 1980 album and the title track, by The Reddings
* "Awakening" (album), a 1999 album by the Christian metal band Narnia
* "Awakening" (Iris album), a 2003 Album by synthpop band Iris
* "Awakening", a 2007 album by The Reasoning
* "Awakening" (song), the second single from Switchfoot's album, "Oh! Gravity"
* "The Awakening", a song by Hawkwind from their 1973 album "Space Ritual"

Politics

* Nationalist movements, e.g., the Latvian National Awakening
* Awakening movements in Iraq

Religion and spirituality

* Periodic religious revivals, see Great Awakening
* A process synonymous with spiritual growth. Cf. Bodhi from the Buddhist religion.

Television and film

* "The Awakening" (film), a film starring Charlton Heston
* "The Awakening" (1928 film), a 1928 film by Victor Fleming
* "Awakening" (1994 film), a 1994 Hong Kong film directed by Cha Chuen-Yee
* "The Awakening" (Singapore TV), a 1984 three part drama series from Singapore
* "The Awakening" ("Doctor Who"), a "Doctor Who" serial
* , a season 4 episode of "Spider-Man: The Animated Series" (1994)
* " " a season three episode of ""
* , a fourth season episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise"
* "Awakening" ("The Outer Limits"), a third season episode of "The Outer Limits"
* "Awakening" ("Angel"), a fourth season episode of "Angel"
* "Awakenings", a movie starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro

Role-playing games

* "" is a setting for White Wolf's World of Darkness roleplaying game.