本米納哈薩是一個興旺的基督新教地區，在印尼北蘇拉威西省擁有為數不少的穆斯林人口和其他宗教少數族群。它以宗教寬容的宗旨而自豪。然而，由於距離爪哇島（Java Island）這個印尼地緣政治的中心很遠，而且相對於境內的穆斯林人口而言在人數上的遠遠不如；，米納哈桑的基督徒民眾教對印尼國家中心保持著謹慎的態度。探索米納哈桑人的國族概念並請做出研究提問，本項研究參照阿德里安·哈斯廷(Adrian Hasting)的論文，認為宗教和種族乃民族主義的基礎(1997年)。本研究採取質性方法，發現多種族、宗教和獨特的歷史和政治背景是國族建構的決定性因素，也是米納哈桑人對印尼大民族主義的歸屬感。

Minahasa is a prosperous Protestant region with a sizeable Muslim population, and other religious minorities in North Sulawesi province in Indonesia. It prides itself as the compass of religious tolerance. However, territorially distant from Java Island, as the center of Indonesian geopolitics, and vastly outnumbered by the majority Muslim population, the Christian Minahasans keep a guarded feeling toward Indonesian national center. Questioning and exploring the notion of nationhood by the Minahasans, this work engage with Adrian Hasting’s thesis in crediting religion and ethnicity to the foundation of nationalism (1997). Applying a qualitative approach, this study found that poly-ethnicity, religion and distinct historical and political background are the determining factors in the construction of nationhood as well as the sense of belonging of Minahasans to the larger Indonesian nationalism.