Racial and ethnic composition among adults who read scripture at least once a week by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults who read scripture at least once a week by race/ethnicity
% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who identify as…
Interpreting scripture | White | Black | Asian | Latino | Other/Mixed | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 57% | 21% | 2% | 16% | 4% | 6,314 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 66% | 13% | 2% | 14% | 5% | 3,642 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 65% | 15% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 569 |
Not the word of God | 52% | 16% | 4% | 22% | 6% | 950 |
Other/don't know | 56% | 20% | 4% | 15% | 5% | 652 |
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