This paper seeks to contribute ideas and insights over religious based development. In the past few years, numerous criticisms toward the models and development approaches undertaken in developing countries have emerged. Development as practiced so far, despite being said is done in the name of human interest, but more oriented to the importance of productivity than human interest itself. The real human development which is the main goal of development tends to be forgotten. Various development programs have shown success in the increasingly evolving aspects of the economy, but not in the aspect of social justice and environmental sustainability. Poverty and social inequities that come from injustice tend to increase over time. Meanwhile, industrialization as one of the logical consequences of the development process has contributed significantly to environmental damage, such as global warming, environmental pollution (land, air, and water), deforestation and so forth. The difficulty in realizing social justice and environmental sustainability stems from the rationalism that has been the cornerstone of the development process over the years. Rationalism has even given birth to the dehumanization process of human dignity. Therefore, a new approach is needed in a more human-oriented development that is development as a humanitarian process itself. Thus, religious values that are sacred and transcendental and uphold the dignity and dignity of humanity become important to be the basis of development policy, both strategy and implementation methodology
