The St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology hosts a growing collection of articles drawn from 115 current submissions and a commissioned total of almost 300. Five religious traditions are represented by teams of academic and senior editors, at various phases of development. As the SAET enters its first year of publication it is worth reflecting on its achievements and the challenges it has faced.The panel will focus on the following questions:Is the way theology is done today suited to encyclopaedic description?What particular challenges face each of the encyclopaedia’s faith traditions as they conceptualize ‘theology’ and attempt to map its contours?How have authors responded to the challenge to be encyclopaedic in their treatment of themes and/or concepts?What kinds of reader are envisaged for the Encyclopaedia and how might it best serve them?How does one meet the technical challenges of launching a free, online resource of this kind?To what extent should an encyclopaedia of this sort reflect the field of academic theology or try to move it forward?Chair: Oliver Langworthy (University of St Andrews) Speakers:Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour (Al-Azhar University / University of York), The Straight Path (al-Ṣirāṭ al-Mustaqīm)Alan Brill (Seton Hall University), Jewish Theology and the Making of an Encyclopaedia of TheologyNajib George Awad (Universität Bonn), Arab-Oriental Christianity from the Inside and Epistemological Reductionism: The Case-Study of the Arab Christian Theological Tradition in Western ScholarshipBruce Morrill (Vanderbilt University), Worship and Embodiment: A Theological-Encyclopaedic ApproachJonathan Brumberg-Kraus (Wheaton College), ’Mitzvoth of the Mouth:’ A Jewish Theology of FoodJesudas M. Athyal (Fortress Press), Making an Encyclopaedia of Theology Relevant in the Global South Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Fuller Theological Seminary / University of Helsinki), Christian Theology as Comparative Theology: Towards a Radical Change of ‘Method’ Giulio Maspero (Pontificia Università della S. Croce), The Trinity for Laypeople: the Challenge of an Article on the Triune God in a Theological EncyclopaediaLalsangkima Pachuau (Asbury Theological Seminary), Fully God and Fully Human: God Incarnate and Contextual TheologyRisto Saarinen (University of Helsinki), Reconciliation and VersöhnungRebekah Dyer (University of St Andrews), Creating and curating scholarship: introducing the St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology’s digital publishing modelBrendan Wolfe (University of St Andrews), The Intellectual Shape of an Encyclopaedia: Principles and Practices for Organic GrowthMiriam Feldmann Kaye (Bar Ilan University), Dialogue and Multi-vocality: Perils and Opportunities in Defining Jewish theology in the Twenty-First CenturyKathleen Burton (Yale University), An encyclopedic challenge: Defining the Nazi Religion challenge to traditional Christianity. An author’s quandaryPhilip Alexander (University of Manchester), TBA Jame Schaefer (Marquette University), TBA