The fluidity of state-religion interaction has always been a challenge demanding creative responses. For many centuries, religion determined Ethiopia’s local, regional, and international ventures. Yet, as this could not continue, at least officially, beyond the monarchical rule, different modes of interaction characterized the nature of state-religion relation. Unlike the Dergue regime, the nature of state-religion interaction increasingly became a matter of managing religions under successive administrations. Although the Dergue regime, either due to its ideological aversion or practical reasons, had been less interested in managing religions, the same thing can not be said for what came after it. Evidently, the TPLF-led rule was characterized by a deep state-led interference in matters of religion in Ethiopia. This state-led manipulation of religion mainly directed towards Ethiopia’s Muslims and Orthodox Christianity. Adopting Bryan Turner’s theoretical appraisal, the report characterizes the TPLF-led management of religions as more of “enclaving”. However, what came after the TPLF-led rule appears to engage religion quite differently. Evidence suggests, rather than “enclaving” religions, PM Abiy’s government seem to befriend and “upgrade” religions in Ethiopia. Arguably, this has shifted the nature of the interaction between state and religion from that which involved state and religion to that which primarily involving religions.