Interpreting scripture among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a post-graduate degree by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a post-graduate degree who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | 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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Episcopal Church | 1% | 26% | < 1% | 61% | 12% | 167 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 11% | 40% | 1% | 39% | 9% | 128 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 39% | 44% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 117 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 9% | 14% | 2% | 59% | 16% | 178 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 1% | 4% | < 1% | 91% | 4% | 576 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 5% | 45% | 3% | 33% | 14% | 137 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 56% | 32% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 184 |
United Methodist Church | 13% | 44% | 3% | 30% | 10% | 330 |
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