Barbour's work was instructive when I was teaching Science and Religion at Hahnemann. It seemed to be a definitive work on the topic and yet is written well and clearly.

Also, this work was helpful when reviewing Goodman, Creation and Evolution (http://www.librarything.com/work/10035993/edit/60977160) and is a more weighty and intellectually credible volume.

On a personal note, one time at an religious academic conference the esteemed scholar Ian Barbour did not want his dessert and yours truly ate it. I suppose this was my brush with greatness.