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Dr. Ryan Ramsey is a scholar of world Christianity, focused especially on Latin America and Pentecostal and Charismatic studies. His 2026 monograph, (Penn State University Press), tells the life of a late nineteenth century Mexican folk saint through several perspectives, drawing especially from the insights of world Christianity and decolonial discourses. His 2026 volume (co-edited with Anna Redhair Wells) (Baylor University Press) presents a framework for conceptualizing the study of world Christianity set within rich and productive discourse with ten contributors, following Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi’s legacy of teaching and scholarship. 

As a historian of Christianity engaged in the interdisciplinary field of world Christianity, his interests include decoloniality, historiography, ecumenism, Christian mission, and Indigenous religion(s). Generally speaking, he is concerned with the various modes in which charismatic Christianity finds shape across different religious traditions and cultures.

Previously he was visiting assistant professor of history and world Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, supported through the Vocation of the Theological Educator Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Louisville Institute. He has also taught at Baylor University and Seminary of the Southwest.

EDUCATION

• PhD, Religion (Historical Studies area), Baylor University, 2024
• Masters of Arts in Religion, Theology concentration, Yale Divinity School, 2019
• B.A., Biblical and Theological Studies, Lee University, 2014

Select Publications

Select Honors

• Postdoctoral fellowship, Vocation of the Theological Educator, Louisville Institute, 2024–2026
• Recognition for excellence in teaching, Baylor Graduate School, 2024
• The Glenn O. and Martell Hilburn Endowed Graduate Research Scholarship, 2022
• Graymoor Scholar, Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute, 2022
• Academy for Teaching and Learning Graduate Fellowship, Baylor University, 2021–2024
• Leslie Newbigin House of Studies Scholarship, 2018

Outside The College

Ramsey enjoys walking and hiking with his wife, Ellie, and their two children. He can be seen around Holland ferrying their kids on a cargo e-bike and frequenting coffee shops (when he’s not roasting his own beans).