Why do people join non-religious groups in highly secular states?

基督教在西方的衰落——以及什么将取代它——是社会学家和整个社会都感兴趣的问题。同样，社会阶级和性别问题与社会和学术界同样相关。我的项目将通过调查非宗教组织在高度世俗的现代英国的兴起和重要性来结合这些问题。虽然社会学家早就预言了宗教在西方的衰落，但他们也预计人们会变得漠不关心，而不是有意识地反对宗教。然而，公开的非宗教团体正在蓬勃发展。到目前为止，没有人能令人满意地回答为什么会发生这种情况。目前的研究表明，男性和女性会被不同类型的非宗教团体所吸引，但所有这些团体都能从较高的社会阶层中吸引压倒性的吸引力。我的项目不仅会调查这些模式发生的原因，还会探讨它们揭示了英国性别和社会阶层的表现。因此，这项研究将对学术和非学术观众都感兴趣。尽管西方迅速世俗化，非宗教仍然是社会学研究不足的领域。我的学习将为这一领域贡献新的知识。同样，这项工作也将与任何对男性和女性如何（以及为什么）在社会中继续做出不同选择感兴趣的人有关，以及社会阶级，也许还有地位，在后宗教背景下是如何显示的。

The decline of Christianity in the West - and what will replace it - is of interest both to sociologists and to general society. Likewise, issues of social class and gender are as relevant to society as they are to academia. My project will combine these issues by investigating the rise and importance of non-religious organisations in highly secular modern Britain. While sociologists have long predicted the decline of religion in the West, they also expected people to become merely indifferent, as opposed to consciously opposed to religion as a result. However, overtly non-religious groups are thriving. As yet, no one has satisfactorily provided an answer as to why this is happening.Current research reveals men and women to be attracted to different types of non-religious groups, but that all such groups attract overwhelmingly from the higher social classes. My project will not only investigate why these patterns occur, but will also address what they reveal about the performance of both gender and social class in Britain. Thus, this study will be of interest to both an academic and non-academic audience. Despite the rapid secularisation of the West, non-religion remains an understudied area of sociology. My study will contribute new knowledge in this area. Likewise, this work will also be relevant to anyone interested in how (and indeed why) men and women continue to make different choices in society, and how social class, and perhaps also status, are being displayed in a post-religious context.