Madondo, Mfazo Cliford.Gilbert, Kamta Tatsi.2025-11-192025-11-1920252025https://hdl.handle.net/10413/24117Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.From Pope Pius XII (1948) to Pope Francis (2023), the Catholic Church has issued socio-ecological documents emphasising the common good, ecological preservation, sustainable development, and human dignity, paralleling global initiatives such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and COP29 in addressing sustainability, inequality, poverty, health, human rights, and food security. Despite this, theological perspectives on how the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) implements these documents remain underexplored, particularly concerning environmental and social engagement praxis at the community level. This study aimed to propose a socio-eco-theological (SET) framework to support the implementation of socio-ecological documents within the NECC and beyond the wider Catholic Church. Adopting an interpretivist philosophy and qualitative exploratory design, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty participants engaged in social justice, peace, and ecological action within the NECC. Findings reveal blocked projects, limited institutional support, absent ecological awareness in pastoral letters, weak grassroots connections, and poor dissemination of documents, highlighting the urgent need for a guiding framework. Accordingly, the study recommends integrating the SET framework into pastoral practice and training, including diocesan ecological zones, interfaith collaboration, eco-catechesis, and the inclusion of creation care in seminarian, religious, and lay formation. This study advances theological and ecological scholarship by introducing the SET framework as a novel foundation for understanding and guiding socio-ecological pastoral engagement within and beyond the Catholic Church in Cameroon. Iqoqa. Kusukela kuPhapha XII (1948) kuya kuPhapha uFrancis (2023), iBandla iKhatholika libhale imibhalo yenhlalakahle yezemvelo egcizelela okuhle okufanayo, ukulondolozwa kwemvelo, intuthuko eqhubekayo, isithunzi somuntu, izinhlelo ezihambisanayo zomhlaba jikelele ezifana Nezinhloso Zokuthuthukiswa Okusimeme ze-UN neCOP29 ukubhekana nokusimama, ukungalingani, ububha, ezempilo, amalungelo abantu nokuvikeleka kokudla. Ngaphandle kwalo mzamo, imibono ngokwezenkolo yokuthi Ingqungquthela Kazwelonke Yama-Episcopal yaseCameroon National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (NECC) iyisebenzise kanjani le mibhalo isahlolwe kancane, ikakhulu mayelana nenqubo okwenziwa ngayo yokuzibandakanya kwezemvelo nezenhlalo ezingeni lomphakathi. Lolu cwaningo luhlose ukuphakamisa uhlaka lwenhlalakahle yemvelo nezenkolo socio-eco-theological (SET)lokweseka ukuqaliswa kwemibhalo kwenhlalompilo nemvelo ngaphakathi kuNECC nangale kobubanzi kweBandla iKhatholika. Ukwamukela ifilosofi yokuhumusha nomklamo wokuhlola wekhwalithethivu, izingxoxo ezihlelwe ingxenye zenziwa ngabahlanganyeli abangama-20 ababamba iqhaza kwezobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, ukuthula, nokwenza kwemvelo ngaphakathi ku-NECC. Okutholiwe kuveza ukuthi imiklamo evinjiwe, ukwesekwa okunomkhawulo kwesikhungo, ukungabi bikho kokuqhwashisa ngemvelo ngezincwadi zokufundisa, ukuxhamana okungekuhle emazingeni aphansi, nokusatshalaliswa kabi kwemibhalo, okugqamisa isidingo esiphuthumayo sohlaka oluyinkombandlela. Ngakho-ke, ucwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi kuhlanganiswe uhlaka lweSET ekwenzeni nasekuqeqesheni umsebenzi wobufundisi, okuhlanganisa izindawo zemvelo zesifundambhishobhi, ukusebenzisana kwezinkolo ezehlukene, ukufundisa inkolo ezinganeni eco-catechesis, ukubandakanywa kokunakekelwa kwendalo emaseminari, ezenkolo, nokwakheka kwabafundi. Lolu cwaningo luthuthukisa izifundo zezenkolo nezemvelo ngokwethula uhlaka lweSET njengesisekelo sencwadi yokuqala ukuqonda nokuqondisa ukusebenzelana komfundisi wezenhlalo nemvelo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweBandla iKhatholika eCameroon.enCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Implementation.Conference.Documents.Environmental.Socio-eco-theological (SET) framework.Thesis