Celibacy: A Way of Loving, Living, and Serving

by A.W. Richard Sipe

Celibacy explores the different questions about life, love and altruism through an insightful and revealing analysis of the essential elements of sexuality as they relate to celibacy. These include gender, orientation, degree of desire, object of excitation, developmental experiences, behaviors, relationships, patterns of integration, and identity.

197 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1996

About the author

Former Benedictine monk for 18 years, sociologist and author.