It’s one thing to say that Jesus changed the world. But how can something so monumental be captured in a work of art? Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on an enduring challenge in an article imitations of christ in the review section of saturday’s guardian newspaper.

the article is s an edited extract from Rowan Williams’s introduction to the guidebook accompanying Presence: Images of Christ for the Third Millennium, a series of exhibitions organised by Biblelands to mark its 150th anniversary. the first is at St Paul’s Cathedral, London, February 2-13. more on Presence exhibition. i’m away for most of this week but will try and get along there next weekend or next week and let you know how it is….