The Franciscan Institute
Website: http://www.sbu.edu/FranciscanInstitute.aspx?id=6420
The Franciscan Institute was originally founded as an international
center of research on the Franciscan intellectual tradition with the
highest standards of scholarly production. For the first decades of its
existence, the research team of the Institute had dedicated its energies
to preparing the critical editions of the works of William of Ockham and
Adam of Wodeham. More recently, it turned its attention to completing
the philosophical works of John Duns Scotus – a project in
collaboration with scholars at The Catholic University of America. Such
projects have been possible due to the fact that the Franciscan
Institute Library boasts the largest and finest collection of Franciscan
sources in North America. While individual scholars continue to pursue
their own research projects on site, further collaborative ventures are
soon to be announced.
Known for many years for its critical editions of leading medieval
Franciscan philosophers and theologians, Franciscan Institute
Publications has more recently endeavored to make available to a wider
reading public the very best of modern scholarship on the history,
spirituality and intellectual tradition of the Franciscan movement. The
newly reinvigorated Bonaventure Texts in Translation Series is a case in
point. The latest on-line version of the FIP catalog reveals a good
number of monographs, translations and several new scholarly series that
attempt to bridge the medieval and contemporary worlds.
The following The Franciscan Institute journals are included in Project MUSE: