Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by educational group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who have completed…
Religious denomination | High school or less | Some college | College | Post-graduate degree | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 45% | 35% | 11% | 8% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 20% | 42% | 27% | 12% | 353 |
Churches of Christ | 41% | 38% | 11% | 10% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 14% | 37% | 28% | 21% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 29% | 36% | 21% | 14% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 43% | 41% | 12% | 4% | 214 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 35% | 38% | 13% | 14% | 176 |
National Baptist Convention | 38% | 30% | 20% | 12% | 100 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 28% | 32% | 25% | 16% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 58% | 32% | 7% | 3% | 467 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 56% | 29% | 9% | 6% | 209 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 19% | 28% | 27% | 27% | 171 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 41% | 35% | 16% | 8% | 428 |
United Methodist Church | 29% | 33% | 23% | 15% | 684 |
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