Reply to Brugger and Tollefsen (Updated again)

UPDATE 11/21: Part 3 has also now been posted.

UPDATE 11/20: Part 2 has now been posted.

In a recent series of articles at Public Discourse, E. Christian Brugger (hereand here) and Christopher Tollefsen (here and here) have criticized By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment .  This week, Public Discourse is running my three-part reply.  Part 1 has now been posted.My reply to Robert Fastiggi’s most recent Catholic World Report article will also appear this week at CWR.  Replies to Paul Griffiths’ review in First Things and David Bentley Hart’s review in Commonweal are also forthcoming.  Stay tuned.