Belief that there is More Than One Way To Interpret My Religion in the US
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Among Americans that are affiliated with a religion, the following table outlines how many believe that "there is more than one way to interpret the teachings of my religion":
| Protestant Evangelical Churches | 53% |
| Protestant Mainline Churches | 82% |
| Protestant Historically Black Churches | 57% |
| Catholic | 77% |
| Mormon | 43% |
| Jehova's Witness | 18% |
| Orthodox | 68% |
| Jewish | 89% |
| Muslim | 60% |
| Buddhist | 90% |
| Hindu | 85% |
| Total | 68% |
[edit] Source
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life U.S. Religious Landscape Survey accessed on June 23, 2008.
[edit] Survey Methodology
"The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey completed telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 35,556 adults living in continental United States telephone households. The survey was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI). Interviews were done in English and Spanish by Princeton Data Source, LLC (PDS), and Schulman, Ronca and Bucuvalas, Inc. (SRBI), from May 8 to Aug. 13, 2007. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies."
See Appendix 4 of the report for more on the methodology.
