Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who meditate at least once a week by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who meditate at least once a week by interpretation of scripture

% of Mainline Protestants who meditate at least once a week who say the holy scripture is…

Religious familyWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)53%22%6%14%5%254
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)16%33%1%34%16%116
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)14%33%2%41%11%267
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)24%35%2%25%14%298
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)34%36%4%17%9%735
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)15%29%4%35%18%148
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)26%23%6%28%16%209
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)24%40%3%24%10%263
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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