‘Pentecostal spirit and Chilean Pentecostalism’ the shift of elective affinities from the political left to the right

The objective of this article is to analyze two models of being Pentecostal, that is: Pentecostalism and Pentecostalism. These models are in constant dilemma, in a permanent ideological struggle that has led to countless schisms, on the one hand, and to the concentration of power and resources on the part of the pastors. We approach it theoretically from Arnold Toynbee's ‘theory of cycles’ in complement with the Weberian position of elective affinities. Methodologically we chose four sources: a) Chile Pentecostal magazine, which since 1975 changed its name to La Voz Pentecostal); b) Unpublished documents and minutes of meetings and conferences of pastors; c) news from secular newspapers that published news or reports related to the topic; d) and finally we turn to the academic bibliography that gives an account of the processes that Pentecostalism is experiencing, documented externally since 1940, both from theology and in national literature. As results, we highlight that both religious models are cultural, social, and especially political productions. Being Pentecostal is also being political and being a pastor is being partisan-political.