Desert Rose Publishing, a division of Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute, Inc., is pleased to announce the publication of a new booklet titled "Religion and Universal Peace". The booklet was originally a talk given by Mr. William Barnes to several hundred people gathered in Tucson, Arizona, to commemorate the events of September 11. The audience included followers of all the world's major faiths, both clergy and lay people.

In the booklet, Mr. Barnes clearly sets forth the premise that to achieve peace, humanity must achieve a consciousness of the oneness of the human race. This will be manifest when humanity unites both inwardly and outwardly, spiritually and socially. Spiritual unity depends upon unifying the religions. They will not unify so long as they set themselves up as opposing models of faith. The religions will unite only by perceiving themselves as different expressions of the Will of a common Creator. Social unity will occur when all people become enfolded within one system of agreed upon global institutions. The world-wide Bahá'í community is a model both of how to unite the religions and of how an interconnected and global social structure can be established.

Desert Rose Publishing feels that the timeliness of the theme would appeal to a wider audience than just those gathered in Tucson. This booklet can be shared with friends, offered to clergy or other representatives of religious organizations, disseminated for discussion among members of interfaith associations, given to comparative religion classes, or used simply for personal enjoyment and understanding.

Orders of 25 or more will be given a 20% discount.

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A great goal of Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute had been achieved with the establishment of Desert Rose Publishing in November 2003. The first publication of this new arm of the Institute was the biography of Hand of the Cause of God William Sears, written by his wife, Marguerite.

It is a first-hand account of their life together. Easy to read and very down to earth, the book portrays the life of one of the most eminent Bahá'ís in the western world. His passion for service, his vast creative output, his travels and exhaustive work for the faith, often accomplished under pain and illness, his laughter and humor, are all found in these pages and stand witness to his noble life.

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The book "Bill" is also available through Badi Publishing at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Desert Rose Publishing's next venture was
Marguerite Reimer Sears' autobiography of her life and experiences entitled

"Marguerite...and More About Bill".

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