Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who say religion is very important by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who say religion is very important who say the holy scripture is…
Religious family | 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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Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 56% | 27% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 413 |
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 20% | 44% | 1% | 21% | 13% | 135 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 21% | 44% | 2% | 22% | 12% | 324 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 27% | 47% | 3% | 13% | 10% | 473 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 38% | 41% | 4% | 10% | 7% | 1,054 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 22% | 42% | 6% | 16% | 13% | 163 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 35% | 30% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 254 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 29% | 44% | 5% | 11% | 11% | 359 |
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