New Survey On State of the Bible Released

The American Bible Society this week released a survey titled State of the Bible in 2013. (Full text.) (Summary of findings.)  Among its findings: 66% of adults see it as important to teach the values found in the Bible in public schools.  31% of adults say that their political views are greatly influenced by their faith, while 69% say their faith has at least a little influence on their political views. 54% of adults agreed with the statement, "the Bible and politics do not mix."  22% of adults believe the Bible should be taken literally, word for word. [Thanks to Blog From the Capital for the lead.]