Interpreting scripture among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing once or twice a month by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing once or twice a month by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who feel a deep sense of spiritual peace and wellbeing once or twice a month 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 | 22% | 38% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 1,175 |
Evangelical Protestant | 40% | 42% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 957 |
Historically Black Protestant | 51% | 29% | 3% | 11% | 7% | 210 |
Jewish | 6% | 23% | < 1% | 68% | 3% | 150 |
Mainline Protestant | 17% | 43% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 1,041 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 8% | 11% | 1% | 74% | 6% | 1,191 |
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