Light These Roots on Fire

In this forthcoming book, Tamice Spencer-Helms explores the history and spiritual practices of Hush Harbor gatherings and their influence on Black culture and queerness.

She weaves cultural history, personal narrative, and theological reflection to reclaim fugitive spiritual traditions.

The book centers marginalized embodiment and ritual as sources of resilience and community-making.

Spencer-Helms situates contemporary post-Christian practices within an ancestral lineage of hidden worship and resistance.

The project aims to illuminate how these practices fuel creativity, joy, and spiritual survival in the face of empire.