Rapture (disambiguation)

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Rapture is a predicted event in certain systems of Christian eschatology.

Rapture or The Rapture may also refer to:

• Rapture (Buddhism), a common translation of the Pali word piti, which is a factor of meditative absorption
• A feeling of ecstatic joy or delight, synonymous with Ecstasy

Music

• The Rapture (band), rock band based in the city of New York
• Rapture (band), Finland-based doom metal band
• Rapture (Anita Baker album), 1986
• Rapture (Bradley Joseph album), 1997
• Rapture (Dragonlord album), 2001
• Rapture (Impaled Nazarene album), 1998
• Rapture (The Mavis's album), 2001
• Rapture (Johnny Mathis album), 1962
• Rapture (Trio X album), 1999
• Rapture (Peter Mulvey album), 1995
• Rapture, a 2012 album by Romeo's Daughter
• The Rapture (album), by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1995
• "Rapture" (Blondie song), 1980
• "Rapture" (iiO song), 2001
• "Rapture" (Hurt song), 2006
• "Rapture" (Morbid Angel song), 1993
• Rapture (composition), a 2000 orchestral composition by Christopher Rouse
• "Rapture", a song by Deftones from the 2006 album Saturday Night Wrist
• "Rapture", a song by Laura Veirs from the 2004 album Carbon Glacier
• "The Rapture", a song by Senses Fail from the 2006 album Still Searching

Film and television

• The Rapture (1991 film), a film starring Mimi Rogers
• The Rapture (1954 film), a Mexican drama film
• Rapture (1950 film), an Italian romantic drama film
• Rapture (1965 film), a film starring Dean Stockwell
• "Rapture" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), the fifth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Rapture" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
• Rapture TV, a UK television station
• "The Rapture" (Supernatural), an episode of the television series Supernatural

Literature

• Rapture (novel), a 1996 novel by David S. Sosnowski
• The Rapture, a 2009 novel by Liz Jensen
• The Rapture (novel), the fifteenth book in the Left Behind series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
• The Rapture (audio drama), audio drama based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who

Video games

• Rapture (video game), a codename for Square Enix's MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV
• Rapture (BioShock), a fictitious underwater city

Other uses

• Rapture, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana, United States
• Rapture (engine), the proprietary engine of Iron Realms Entertainment which handles networking issues and supports C-like script

See also

• Rapt (disambiguation)
• Raptor (disambiguation)
• Raptus (disambiguation)
• Rupture (disambiguation)