Racial and ethnic composition among Catholics by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among Catholics by race/ethnicity
% of Catholics who identify as…
Interpreting scripture | White | Black | Asian | Latino | Other/Mixed | Sample size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Word of God; should be taken literally | 39% | 5% | 3% | 51% | 2% | 1,534 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 69% | 3% | 4% | 23% | 2% | 2,740 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 54% | 1% | 1% | 40% | 3% | 196 |
Not the word of God | 64% | 2% | 3% | 30% | 1% | 2,048 |
Other/don't know | 60% | 2% | 2% | 33% | 3% | 595 |
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