Conradie, Ernst M.Booyse, Adonis CarolusDept. of Religion and TheologyFaculty of Arts2013-05-272024-04-022007/03/222007/03/222013-05-272024-04-022004https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10167Magister Philosophiae - MPhilThis thesis investigated the factors contributing to the tense relationship between the congregations of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in Piketberg during 1903-1972. It investigated the reasons why two congregations of colour in a small town as Piketberg were established. The problem that was investigated was a social, historical and religious one of determining which factors contributed to such tension.enRace relationsReligious aspectsChristianityChristianity and politicsAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchDutch Reformed Mission ChurchThesisUniversity of the Western Cape