Interpreting scripture among blacks by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among blacks by interpretation of scripture
% of blacks 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 | 44% | 33% | 1% | 16% | 5% | 192 |
Evangelical Protestant | 57% | 29% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 495 |
Historically Black Protestant | 59% | 23% | 3% | 9% | 6% | 1,798 |
Mainline Protestant | 39% | 31% | 2% | 18% | 10% | 159 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 30% | 15% | 1% | 48% | 6% | 534 |
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