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Science and technology development is an indication of human civilization progress which has the merit of a religious point of view. Based on anthology and epistemology, the development itself has shown amazing result, however based on axiology, the development itself requires great attention. In this case, there are four phenomenon arise in society related with the integration of religion, economy, and technology; namely i). Religion, economy, and technology are separating; ii) The occurrence of confrontation among religion, economy, and technology; iii) There is a dialogical relationship, and iv) The occurrence of integration. All of the four phenomenon are the axiology basic of human civilization progress. Implementing the axiology in society depends on the integration of religion, politics, economy, and technology with a reciprocal relationship to build benefit, justice, and democracy in a country, particularly in Indonesia. Nowadays in Indonesia, the relationship among religion, economy and technology is at the political policy variant level. Therefore, this research hinges on the integration of religion, politics, economy, and technology in Indonesia.

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? The contributors to this volume address this and many other questions as they examine, through a bottom-up approach, the interaction of human rights and religion in practice and the challenges they pose for national and international policymakers.

Ethiopia is an old society often confronted with new ideas and foreign values. As a result, social changes and modernisation were important contentious points especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some wanted change and progress at the expense of indigenous values, specifically cultural and political independence, while others opted for a more cautious approach. Inasmuch as Ethiopia's context was one in which the church and the state were accustomed to seeing themselves as two sides of the same coin, the discourse of modernisation had both a political and religious flavour to it. This article therefore aims to examine the volatile dynamics between religion (especially the Protestant churches of the 'southern peripheries') and the Marxist regime in modernising Ethiopia. Specifically, the article intends to explore how state-church relations transformed social thinking in Ethiopia. I begin by sketching the historical background and proceed to unravel the dilemma of modernisation. In the final part, I discuss how Protestantism contributed to modernising three aspects of social structure: the understanding of the human person, state-church relations and social organisation.