Immigrant status among Evangelical Protestants by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants by immigrant status

% of Evangelical Protestants who are…

Interpreting scriptureImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally9%6%85%4,692
Word of God; not everything taken literally8%7%84%2,447
Word of God; other/don't know10%6%83%374
Not the word of God9%8%83%627
Other/don't know12%5%83%344
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