Abstract
M.A.
The aim of this study was to examine how the members of Agape came to
construct themselves as a healing community. An ecosystemic epistemology
and social constructionism were used as a lens by which to view the events
unfolding at Agape Healing Community and to illuminate how meanings,
expressed through language and ritual, are negotiated and shared.
Discourse analysis was used as an analytical tool to infer meaning from the
participants’ speaking and to locate these discourses in the fabric that
constitutes South African society.