Interpreting scripture among third generation immigrants or higher by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among third generation immigrants or higher by interpretation of scripture
% of third generation immigrants or higher 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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Buddhist | 2% | 10% | < 1% | 79% | 8% | 163 |
Catholic | 18% | 41% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 4,670 |
Evangelical Protestant | 55% | 29% | 4% | 8% | 4% | 7,359 |
Historically Black Protestant | 60% | 23% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 1,697 |
Jehovah's Witness | 42% | 44% | 9% | 2% | 3% | 170 |
Jewish | 8% | 23% | 1% | 60% | 8% | 567 |
Mainline Protestant | 24% | 36% | 3% | 28% | 9% | 5,296 |
Mormon | 30% | 56% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 572 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 9% | 11% | 1% | 72% | 7% | 5,780 |
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