A visible evangelical Left opposed Reagan’s Contra policy

Evidence

Supporters of the Sandinistas had their own Christian allies in America, with progressive evangelicals and Catholics blaming the conflict not on Soviet interference, but on “poverty, oppression and injustice.” After a trip to Nicaragua, Jim Wallis, the most prominent spokesperson for the evangelical Left, wrote a scathing report in Sojourners accusing the Contras of horrific acts of violence. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 263

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the reader’s contestation of Du Mez’s ‘dominant strand’ claim: the evangelical Left existed and was prominent, raising the question of which strand was truly dominant. — connects to: Reagan recruited evangelical leaders to win public support for the Contras — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 264; The Reagan administration used evangelical media networks to mobilize support for contra funding — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 266; Evangelical leaders worked openly to advance Reagan’s foreign policy — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 257
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Reagan recruited evangelical leaders to win public support for the Contras — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 264; The Reagan administration used evangelical media networks to mobilize support for contra funding — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 266; Evangelical leaders worked openly to advance Reagan’s foreign policy — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 257

Broader Connections

• Reagan recruited evangelical leaders to win public support for the Contras #complicates (0.78) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 264
• Evangelical leaders worked openly to advance Reagan’s foreign policy #complicates (0.77) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 257
• The Reagan administration used evangelical media networks to mobilize support for contra funding #complicates (0.76) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 266