Rapture may refer to:

In religion:

• Rapture, a predicted event in certain systems of Christian eschatology
• Rapture , a common translation of the Pali word, piti, which is a factor of meditative absorption

In literature:

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

In music:

• Rapture of the Deep, 2005 album by Deep Purple
• Rapture , 1986 album by Anita Baker
• Rapture , Finland-based doom metal band
• Rapture , 1997 album by Bradley Joseph
• Rapture , the first album by the Black metal band Dragonlord
• "Rapture" , song by art rock band Hurt
• "Rapture" , the opening track from Morbid Angel's album Covenant
• "Rapture" , 1980 hit single by Blondie
• Rapture , 2001 single by New York City-based trance duo iiO
• The Rapture , New York City-based rock band
• The Rapture , album by Siouxsie and the Banshees
• As Rapture Comes, album by the death metal band Grave
• "Rapture of the Deep", a song on the 2007 Delta-S album Voyage to Isis
• "Rapture", a song on Senses Fail's 2006 release "Still Searching"
• Rapture or Pain, a song by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 1994 album Symphony X
• To End the Rapture a song by heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold from their debut album Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

In television:

• "Rapture" , fifth season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• "Rapture" , an episode of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica
• Rapture TV, UK television station
• "The Rapture" , fourth season episode of Supernatural

In other media:

• Rapture, fictitious underwater city from the video game BioShock
• Rapture , supporting character in Image Comics Savage Dragon comic book series
• The Rapture , 1991 film starring Mimi Rogers
• Rapture , 1965 film starring Dean Stockwell with musical score by Georges Delerue
• Rapture is codename for Square Enix's upcoming MMORPG video game.

In other fields:

• Rapture , the proprietary engine of Iron Realms Entertainment which handles networking issues and supports C-like script
• Rapture of the deep, reversible alteration in consciousness producing a state similar to alcohol intoxication in scuba divers at depth

See also

• Raptus
• Rupture

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