This course will study Franciscan Theology as a distinct theological tradition arising out of the religious experience of Francis of Assisi. After describing the origins of the Franciscan School at Paris, Oxford, Bologna, and Padua, the focus will be given to a study of the key founding figures of the school (Bonaventure, Scotus, Ockham) and the general contours of their thought, as well as the distinctive nature of this school as compared with that of their contemporaries. The focus of the course will be given to a presentation of the Franciscan approach to select theological questions concerning God, Creation, the Human person, the Church, and Eschatology. The contribution of the Franciscan tradition to contemporary theology will be included in the discussion.