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 …