The Takeover was energized by Right wing extremism and Adrian Rogers was complicitous if not active at almost every stage of the game.
There is a small avalanche of material in the last couple months from Molly Worth, to the Balmer Bio of President Carter to the Steven Miller new work on Evangelical Right and the rise of Ronald Reagan--see links in Balmer/Marsh thread at Faith and Practice at this site.
And now here is a look at Pressler's contemporary and fellow traveler in Birch Society inspired denominational takeover, Mr. Otten of the Missouri synod.
http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2012/08/ ... ns-in.html I'm not aware of a smoking gun memo between Pressler and Otten but would not be surprised if one pops up, not a strong familiarity between the Pressler and Koch brother's Father Fred, who was eaten up with Birch Society activism in Kansas in the 50s.
So lets be honest about the motivations and communities of recent Baptist History.
Words like Fundamentalism and Extremism have meaning.