As a historical phenomenon, fundamentalism is wholly modern. Its victories have come from decades of organizing.
MORE: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/02/how_the_religious_right_won_birth_of_the_fundamentalists_in_our_modern_times/
See also...
Retreating Or Repositioning?: Southern Baptists And The 'Culture War'
https://au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/retreating-or-repositioning-southern-baptists-and-the-culture-war