Rapture (disambiguation)

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

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Rapture or The Rapture may also refer to:

In religion:

• Rapture (Buddhism), a common translation of the Pali word piti, which is a factor of meditative absorption

In music:

• Rapture (band), Finland-based doom metal band
• Rapture (album), by Anita Baker
• Rapture (Bradley Joseph album)
• Rapture (Dragonlord album)
• "Rapture" (song), 1980 hit single by Blondie
• "Rapture" (iiO song), 2001 single by New York City-based trance duo iiO
• "Rapture" (Hurt), song by art rock band Hurt
• "Rapture" (Morbid Angel), opening track from Morbid Angel's album Covenant
• The Rapture (band), New York City-based rock band
• The Rapture (album), by Siouxsie and the Banshees
• "Rapture", song by Laura Veirs from her 2004 album Carbon Glacier
• "The Rapture", song on Senses Fail's 2006 album Still Searching

In television:

• "Rapture" (DS9 episode), fifth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Rapture" (Battlestar Galactica), episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
• Rapture TV, UK television station

In literature:

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

In other media:

• Rapture (comics), supporting character in Image Comics Savage Dragon comic book series
• Rapture (video game) is a codename for Square Enix's upcoming MMORPG video game Final Fantasy XIV
• The Rapture (film), a 1991 film starring Mimi Rogers
• Rapture (1965 film), starring Dean Stockwell
• Rapture, a fictitious underwater city from the video game BioShock.

In other fields:

• Rapture (engine), the proprietary engine of Iron Realms Entertainment which handles networking issues and supports C-like script

[edit] See also

• Raptus
• Rupture

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