Ayuba, J.M.2023-12-142023-12-142011-02-01Olson C. (ed.) (2008) Celibacy and Religious Tradition. (New York: Oxford University Press Sobo E. and Bell S (eds.) (2011) Celibacy, Culture and Society: The Anthropology of Sexual Abstinence Madison: University of Wisconsin Press Elizabeth Abbot (2001) A History of Celibacy Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press Frank Whaling (2010) Understanding Hinduism Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press Guthrie, W.K.C (1962) A History of Greek Philosophy: The Earlier Presocraticsandthe Pythagoreans Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Vemant, J.P (2009) Myth and Thought among the Greeks London: Routledge Jann Michael Ro'nis J.M (2009) Celibacy, Revelations and Reincarnated Lamas M i ch i gan: Kimuhu J. (2008) Leviticus: The Priestly Laws and Prohibitions from the Perspective of Ancient Near East and Africa New York: Peter Lang, 2008https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/7241Celibacy is a commitment to remain unmarried and to renounce sexual relations, for a limited period or for a lifetime. Such a commitment places an individual outside human society in its usual form, and thus raises certain questions: What significance does such an individual, and such a choice, have for the human family and community as a whole? Is celibacy possible? Is there a socially constructive role for celibacy? These questions will serve as a guide in understanding the history of celibacy in the ancient cultures and early Christian era, which this paper seeks to examine. Keywords: Celibacy, Vestal Virgins, Religion, Sufism, ChristianityenCelibacy, Vestal Virgins, Religion, Sufism, ChristianityArticle