Rapture (disambiguation)

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

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

As an emotional state:

• A feeling of ecstatic joy or delight, synonymous with Ecstasy

In music:

• The Rapture (band), New York City-based rock band
• Rapture (band), Finland-based doom metal band
• Rapture (Anita Baker album)
• Rapture (Bradley Joseph album)
• Rapture (Dragonlord album)
• Rapture (Impaled Nazarene album)
• Rapture (The Mavis's album)
• "Rapture" (song), 1980 US #1 hit single by Blondie, and covered by Alicia Keys
• "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 (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
• "Do You Believe in Rapture?", song by Sonic Youth on their 2006 album Rather Ripped
• "Rapture", a song and single from French musician DatA's album "Skywriter"

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
• "The Rapture" (Supernatural), an episode of the television series Supernatural

In literature:

• Rapture (novel), by David S. Sosnowski
• The Rapture, a 2009 novel by Liz Jensen
• 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
• Rapture- the 4th book in the fallen series by Lauren Kate.

In other media:

• Rapture (comics), supporting character in Image Comics Savage Dragon comic book series
• Rapture (video game), 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 (BioShock), a fictitious underwater city

In other fields:

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

See also

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