What is "christofascism"

Christofascism (a portmanteau of Christian and fascism) is a concept in Christian theology first mentioned by Dorothee Sölle, a Christian theologian and writer, in her book Beyond Mere Obedience: Reflections on a Christian Ethic for the Future in 1970. To Sölle, Christofascism was caused by the embracing of authoritarian theology by the Christian church. According to Sölle, it is an arrogant, totalitarian, imperialistic attitude characteristic of the Protestant Reich Church that she believed was alive and well in the theological scene of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Usage of the term became much more prominent in 2006–08, as a backlash against increasing usage of the word Islamofascism by conservatives in the U.S., for example David Horowitz.