Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA47%5%41%7%1%318
Assemblies of God80%1%16%1%1%381
Church of God in Christ69%3%24%2%2%129
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints72%3%18%3%3%528
Churches of Christ62%6%28%3%2%366
Episcopal Church24%16%48%7%4%277
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)38%7%48%4%3%389
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)63%4%29%2%2%595
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)67%4%27%1%1%154
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod51%7%36%3%2%300
National Baptist Convention54%5%37%3%1%372
Nondenominational charismatic76%3%18%2%1%159
Nondenominational evangelical80%3%15%1%1%534
Nothing in particular (religion important)22%14%52%8%4%1,044
Nothing in particular (religion not important)3%19%59%16%2%1,092
Presbyterian Church (USA)45%10%35%5%5%280
Presbyterian Church in America52%6%37%4%2%102
Seventh-day Adventist71%3%22%3%1%135
Southern Baptist Convention67%3%26%2%2%1,455
United Church of Christ20%15%60%3%3%126
United Methodist Church48%7%39%4%3%1,033
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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