de Lara Proença, Wander2022-10-042022-10-04https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14194/2882This investigation analyzes the pastoral power and paternal function and its relationship with pastoral praxis in the light of representations of power in Jesus in the Johannine environment. The literature review on pastoral power and parental function in psychoanalysis by Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, Jaques Lacan, Donald Winnicott, and Pierre Bourdieu. The thesis makes historical notes on the origins and development of Pentecostalism in Brazil and in the city of Londrina (PR). It analyzes the practices of Pentecostal typologies in Brazil. Investigates, through semi-structured interviews, the paternal power and function in the religious field based on the Pentecostal pastoral praxis in the city of Londrina (PR). It addresses the concept of power in Jesus in the Johannine literature and environment, in the context of the power tensions in Palestine in the 1st Century. Discusses Jesus' relationship with the Father in Johannine literature, with special attention to theological aspects.301Pastoral carePentecostalismThesis