 At Cambridge, he was influenced by Charles E. Raven (Regius Professor of Divinity) and A. C. Ewing.Raven spurred Ramsey's interests in the relationship between science and religion, while Ewing guided him into studying metaphysics.After graduating from Cambridge, Ramsey then enrolled as candidate for ordination in the Church of England at Ripon Hall, near Oxford, and began his theological studies there.