 He wrote extensively on the problem of religious language, Christian ethics, the relationship between science and religion, and Christian apologetics.As a result, he became convinced that a permanent centre was needed for enquiry into these inter-disciplinary areas; and in 1985 the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at the University of Oxford was set up to promote discussion on the problems raised for theology and ethics by developments in science, technology and medicine.Ramsey was born in Kearsley, near Bolton, Lancashire, an area noted for small industries and factories.