Interpreting scripture among adults with a post-graduate degree by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition 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 tradition | 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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Catholic | 9% | 42% | 1% | 39% | 8% | 1,128 |
Evangelical Protestant | 42% | 40% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 959 |
Hindu | 12% | 13% | 1% | 61% | 13% | 104 |
Historically Black Protestant | 36% | 44% | 3% | 11% | 5% | 193 |
Jewish | 5% | 19% | 1% | 67% | 8% | 326 |
Mainline Protestant | 8% | 35% | 2% | 42% | 12% | 1,269 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 2% | 4% | < 1% | 90% | 5% | 1,382 |
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