Article analyzes Genaro Ríos' political movement and ambitions in 1938 Chile, exploring religious and political intersections.
This article addresses the transient political-evangelical movement known as El Frente Pobre (The Poor People’s Front), founded by Pentecostal pastor Genaro Ríos Campos in his bid to become presidential primary candidate for the Republic of Chile in 1938. This unprecedented political-religious experience was ridiculed for its incompetence by politicians and considered unseemly by evangelical institutions; the historiographies of both sides have rendered it invisible. To fill this gap, this article analyzes two dimensions: on the one hand, Pastor Genaro Ríos’ dream to redeem Chileans via the gospel and socialism, and, on the other, the role of Brother Genaro Ríos Campos, the laborer of politics. Este artículo trata sobre el transitorio movimiento político-evangélico denominado El Frente Pobre, fundado por el pastor pentecostal Genaro Ríos para erigirse como precandidato de presidente de la República de Chile en 1938. Se trata de una experiencia político- religiosa inédita, considerada una impericia caricaturesca por los políticos y un hecho indecoroso por en el mundo evangélico. En efecto se ha invisibilizado desde ambas historiografías. Con el fin de compensar este vacío, en este artículo analizamos dos apartados: el sueño del pastor Genaro Ríos: redimir a los chilenos a través del evangelio y del socialismo; y el hermano Genaro Ríos Campos: el obrero de la política.
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