 'Contamination' was the first of two services exploring how humanity has attempted to keep itself separated from 'spiritual impurity', and how Jesus turned such concepts on their head. Photo © Jonny Baker |
grace - contamination 1 from steve collins on Vimeo. Greeters in gas masks assess the purity of visitors |
grace - contamination 2 from steve collins on Vimeo. The first section explores some of the issues in history and religion [first clip is from 'protect and survive'], and then we head into the church [donning surgical masks] |
grace - contamination 3 from steve collins on Vimeo. After the Doctor Who clip [from 'The Empty Child'] we play 'purity pairs', which shows that biblical ideas on clean and unclean were not static |
grace - contamination 4 from steve collins on Vimeo. The service moves to its climax with the torn curtain and the taking off of our own righteousness |