Contents 1 Emotion 2 Christianity 3 Literature 4 Film, television, and theater 5 Music 6 Other uses 7 See also

The term Passion may refer to:

[ Emotion

• Passion (emotion), feeling very strongly about a subject or person, usually referring to feelings of intense desire and attraction
• Stoic Passions, various forms of emotional suffering

[ Christianity

• Passion (Christianity), the suffering of Jesus, leading up to the Crucifixion
• Passion play, a dramatic presentation about The Passion of the Christ
• The Passion of the Christ, a 2004 film directed by Mel Gibson
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989 recording by Peter Gabriel
• Passion - Sources, 1989 album by Peter Gabriel in support of the film Last Temptation of Christ
• Passion music, musical compositions reflecting religious suffering
  • Johannes Passion, also known as "St. John Passion", 1724, by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • St Matthew Passion (Bach), aka Matthäuspassion

[ Literature

• Passion by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, translated by Lawrence Venuti, Mercury House, San Francisco, 1994. The Stephen Sondheim Musical by the same name is based upon this novel (the original Italian title is Fosca, by Igino Ugo Tarchetti, 1869.

[ Film, television, and theater

• Passion, a 1954 film directed by Allan Dwan
• Passion (1982 film), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
• Passion (musical), a 1994 stage musical directed by James Lapine, with music by Stephen Sondheim
• Passion, a 1995 film directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
• "Passion" (Buffy episode), 1998 episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Passions, an American television soap opera from 1999-2007

[ Music

• Passion (album), a 1988 album by Jennifer Rush
• Passion (Regina Belle album), 1993 album by Regina Belle
• Passion (Lady Saw album), 1997 album by Lady Saw
• Passion (Murray Head album), 2002 album by Murray Head
• Passion (Lee Jung-hyun album), 2004 album by Lee Jung-hyun
• Passion, 2004 album by Johan Christher Schütz
• Passion (Geri Halliwell album), 2005 album by Geri Halliwell
• Passion (Ailyn album), 2006 album by Ailyn
• Passion (Kreesha Turner album), 2008 album by Kreesha Turner
• "Passion", a Rod Stewart song from his 1980 album Foolish Behaviour
• "Passion", an influential 1992 house music track by Gat Decor
• "Passion" (song), Utada Hikaru's 2005 music single for the video game Kingdom Hearts II
• "Passion", a song by The Flirts
• "Passion", a song by Johan Christher Schütz from his 2004 album Passion
• Passions (Telemann), by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989 album by Peter Gabriel and soundtrack to the film The Last Temptation of Christ
• Passion - Sources, 1989 compilation assembled by Peter Gabriel as a companion piece to the above.
• The Passions, a British band 1978-1983
• Passion Fruit (band), a German pop group, 1999-2001
• Passion (singer) Jeremy Manongdo

[ Other uses

• Passion Radio, Sussex Radio Station
• Passion Paradox, a theory about love relationships
• Passion Conferences, an annual gathering of Christian college students founded by Louie Giglio in 1997
• The Passion, 1987 book by English writer Jeanette Winterson
• Passion fruit, common name for Passiflora edulis

[ See also

• Lust
• Battle of Passchendaele, sometimes misspelled "Battle of Passiondale"
• Passendale, rural village in Belgium