Interpreting scripture among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe at least once a week 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 54% | 26% | 3% | 11% | 6% | 206 |
Assemblies of God | 71% | 20% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 258 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 39% | 52% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 324 |
Churches of Christ | 50% | 32% | 5% | 10% | 3% | 238 |
Episcopal Church | 6% | 31% | 1% | 51% | 11% | 226 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 19% | 45% | 2% | 27% | 8% | 300 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 56% | 26% | 2% | 13% | 3% | 367 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 35% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 110 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 40% | 37% | 5% | 12% | 5% | 209 |
National Baptist Convention | 68% | 16% | 1% | 8% | 7% | 203 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 55% | 31% | 7% | 6% | < 1% | 106 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 56% | 35% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 371 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 23% | 21% | 1% | 43% | 11% | 932 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 3% | 6% | < 1% | 83% | 7% | 1,301 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 23% | 41% | 3% | 24% | 10% | 223 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 61% | 23% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 829 |
Unitarian | 1% | 6% | < 1% | 83% | 10% | 105 |
United Church of Christ | 11% | 35% | < 1% | 40% | 15% | 125 |
United Methodist Church | 27% | 39% | 3% | 21% | 9% | 720 |
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