Scriptural Literalism Scale

Ambivalent Sexism, Scriptural Literalism, and Religiosity

“…Scriptural literalism. The extent to which biblical scripture is interpreted literally was measured with an adapted version of Hogge and Friedman's (1967) Scriptural Literalism Scale. This 16‐item index measures the degree to which a person believes in a literal interpretation of religious texts versus viewing religious texts as literature on a 7‐point scale from 1 ( strongly disagree ) to 7 ( strongly agree ).…”

“… This correlational study explores the hypothesis that religiosity and scriptural literalism (the degree to which one interprets scriptures literally) are associated with sexism. Participants were female and male ( N = 504) university students who anonymously completed the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996, 1997, 2001a, 2001b), the Scriptural Literalism Scale (Hogge & Friedman, 1967), and the Religious Orientation Scale-Revised (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989). Intrinsic religiosity, extrinsic religiosity, and scriptural literalism were positively associated with benevolent, but not hostile, sexism.…”