Christian churches read religious freedom as a right to proselytise.

Evidence

For the churches, the right to religious freedom necessarily included the right to hear the gospel, and thus required freedom of proselytism, especially in the face of the strictures of Islamic law. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 136

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that for missionary organizations, ‘religious freedom’ was operationalized as freedom of proselytism — a contested definition that shaped the UDHR article.
• XREF: connects to: A state’s own legal-institutional move can be a religious judgment on a faith’s essence — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 675; Religious freedom rhetoric means privilege for one sanctioned creed — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 659; The UDHR religious-freedom clause was drafted to protect missionary proselytism — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 136

Broader Connections

• A state’s own legal-institutional move can be a religious judgment on a faith’s essence #qualifies (0.70) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 675