Interpreting scripture among adults who seldom or never read scripture by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who seldom or never read scripture by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who seldom or never read scripture who say the holy scripture is…
Religious tradition | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 2% | 4% | 1% | 83% | 11% | 147 |
Catholic | 17% | 34% | 2% | 38% | 8% | 3,807 |
Evangelical Protestant | 31% | 40% | 3% | 21% | 6% | 1,462 |
Hindu | 3% | 13% | < 1% | 70% | 13% | 120 |
Historically Black Protestant | 45% | 27% | 1% | 20% | 7% | 308 |
Jewish | 7% | 16% | 1% | 69% | 6% | 580 |
Mainline Protestant | 13% | 32% | 1% | 44% | 10% | 2,641 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 5% | 8% | < 1% | 79% | 7% | 6,116 |
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