Since the early 1990s, the shrine of Ba Chua Xu, the Lady of the
Realm, has become the most visited religious site in southern
Vietnam, receiving more than a million visitors annually. Mother,
benevolent creditor, healer, relationship advisor, business
consultant, the Lady of the Realm is one of a group of goddesses
whose shrines attract devotees from all corners of rural and urban
society. Goddess on the Rise follows these pilgrims' pathways,
taking readers on a journey through a cultural landscape of popular
rites, beliefs, and exegesis into a world where female deities
reign supreme. Philip Taylor's in-depth study of pilgrimage
introduces readers to the practical expectations, passions, and
controversies that surround the goddesses, bringing to life the
effervescence, creativity, and flux of modern Vietnamese religion.
Taylor offers important insights into people's everyday experience
of the profound economic, cultural, and social transformations
underway in this socialist country. An innovative and
multidimensional account of translocal religious practice, this
sophisticated study, the first of its kind for Vietnam, blurs
disciplinary boundaries and disrupts preconceived images.
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