Last month my posts Biblical literalism or low IQ: which came first? and Educational levels & denomination got a lot of play around the blogosphere. I used the US Religious Landscape Survey to get demographic data for denominations, but I had to cobble together numbers on Biblical literalism, etc. But with a further release of data I can now flesh out almost all the denominations plotting postgrad education % vs. belief that the Bible is the literal word of god. Clarification: Y axis = % with postgrad education. X axis = % who believe the Bible is the literal word of god.
As you can see, the trend still holds with more denominations. I decided to do this since people were curious about denomination X, and I didn't have that included. Click the image or here for a larger version so you can see the labels. And here is a chart with all religious affiliations included (e.g., includes non-orthodox Christians such as Mormons as well as non-Christians). Below the fold I've put the raw data I used, but if you want to snatch it for yourself, here it is as a CSV file (if you do some statistical analysis of the data post a link in the comments and I'll link next week).
Word of God to be taken literally% Graduate Ed
African Methodist Episcopal (Black)579
American Baptist525
Anglican1324
Assembles of God704
Church of Christ506
Church of God Cleveland754
Church of God in Christ (Black)753
Church of the Nazarene635
Disciples of Christ3517
Episcopal Church927
Evangelical Lutheran Church2311
Free Methodist Church507
Independent Baptist615
Independent Baptist (Black)683
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod429
National Baptist Convention686
Nondenom. Charismatic5611
Nondenom. Evangelical 6115
Nondenom. Fund Church6311
Presbyterian Church in America3513
Presbyterian Church USA2324
Seventh Day Adventist485
Southern Baptist637
United Church of Christ1521
United Methodist2514
Mormon3510
Jehovah's Witness483
Orthodox2618
Jewish1035
Muslim5010
Buddhist826
Hindu1248
Unitarian & Liberal529
New Age411
Atheist321
Agnostic020
Secular Unaffiliated413
Religious Unaffiliated256
