I was having the same issue immediately after I added my email accounts. I tried resetting the phone by holding the lock button and home button past the red turn off til the apple logo appears.
After I did this, I tried to do a reply on an existing email, and the keyboard popped up =)
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No Keyboard when replying to email
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