# Tamice Spencer-Helms **Summary.** Progressive theologian, speaker, and author working in a Black liberation / womanist register. Reads inherited "binary" and dominance-shaped frameworks (whiteness, empire categories) as logics to refuse rather than reform, and centers the body, psyche, and shame as the real site of formation and de-formation. Entity built from one podcast source (The New Evangelicals); biographical specifics below are light and should be confirmed before reuse. (Source: [[3. Resources/Readwise/Articles/Discovering Better Logics in a Binary World Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms TNE Podcasts|Discovering Better Logics in a Binary World Dr. Tamice Spencer-Helms TNE Podcasts]]) ## What the source establishes - **Method.** Structural analysis of power read theologically: whiteness as a relational logic "that depends on not being black"; norms exposed as arbitrary at the margins; supremacy as an embodied, pre-conscious response. - **Ethic.** Refusal over conquest — "not opting into the logics," "to not want what they say you should want." A kingdom-of-God non-participation framing tied to how Jesus speaks of love and nonviolence. - **Embodiment.** "White supremacy lives in your body" — the work addresses body, psyche, and shame, not only belief. See [[Religious Trauma]]. - **Faith practice.** Radical present-tense trust ("you will have what you need when you need it") framed against future-projected scarcity. ## Why this matters here She adds a womanist/liberation voice to [[Progressive Christianity]] and a reconstructive ("better logics") angle to [[Deconstruction]] — refusing inherited frameworks rather than only critiquing them. Pairs naturally with [[Yvonne Delk]] (Black liberation framing within the UCC tradition). > [!question] Biographical confirmation needed > Widely associated with the book *Faith Unleavened* and with Sub:Culture Incorporated, but those specifics are not established by the single podcast source here. Confirm before citing biography. The "Dr." title and the TNE (The New Evangelicals) host context come from the source's own title. ## Related - [[Progressive Christianity]] - [[Deconstruction]] - [[Brian McLaren]] - [[Yvonne Delk]]