Interpreting scripture among divorced or separated adults by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among divorced or separated adults by interpretation of scripture
% of divorced or separated adults 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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Catholic | 31% | 31% | 3% | 27% | 8% | 898 |
Evangelical Protestant | 53% | 29% | 4% | 8% | 7% | 1,239 |
Historically Black Protestant | 64% | 22% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 398 |
Mainline Protestant | 29% | 29% | 2% | 30% | 10% | 764 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 13% | 13% | 1% | 66% | 7% | 967 |
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