Neo-Pentecostals and new right-wing movements: A link for the preservation of neoliberalism in Latin America

Abstract

The present article is divided into three sections, following a literature review methodology, and ending with an analytical proposal of the neoconservative-neo-Pentecostalism political phenomenon. In the first place, we show that the main aspect in which the Nepentecostals differ from other Protestant groups is their incursion into the public life of society. For this - or because of this - they present changes in the eschatological patterns, nature of the liturgies, figure of the leaders and mediation of grace. In the second part, we expose features about the way in which the emotions market and the prosperity theology are mechanisms that enhance the relationship between the neo-Pentecostals and the neoliberal political project. In the third place, we show the way in which music, the use of cults and the re-enchantment of technique are essential for neo-Pentecostalism to create religious emotional experiences massively. In the fourth part, we show how the maintenance of the imaginary of the traditional family, added to the reproduction of the entrepreneurial of himself subject and self-responsible for his economic and social wellbeing, establish the relationship between those who seek to Christianize politics and those who aim to keep afloat the central elements of neoliberalism in Latin America. We conclude the work with some final considerations in this regard.