Interpreting scripture among liberals by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among liberals by interpretation of scripture
% of liberals 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 | 5% | 30% | < 1% | 57% | 9% | 143 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 10% | 37% | < 1% | 43% | 10% | 149 |
National Baptist Convention | 58% | 26% | < 1% | 11% | 4% | 109 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 22% | 21% | 1% | 47% | 9% | 539 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 5% | < 1% | 86% | 4% | 1,199 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 11% | 42% | < 1% | 32% | 15% | 103 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 43% | 28% | 3% | 18% | 8% | 148 |
Unitarian | 1% | 2% | < 1% | 90% | 8% | 120 |
United Methodist Church | 10% | 42% | 1% | 40% | 7% | 243 |
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