Adam Schor's Theodoret's people profiles Bishop Theodoret of Cyrrhus, the Christological controversies that consumed much of his energy, and the mechanisms that he used to assemble and mobilise support. Schor's discussion develops from the key insight that the conflict that culminated at the Council of Chalcedon involved coalitions of bishops bound together by personal and social relationships as well as theological conviction. Theodoret's supporters generally agreed with one another theologically, but the friendships, mentorships and patronage relationships that they cultivated also lent cohesion to their group. Schor provides fresh insight into the career of Theodoret, but his contribution reaches beyond simply a reappraisal of the Syrian bishop. It also intervenes in two vibrant historical and methodological debates. First, Schor allows one better to appreciate the degree to which personalities and personal relationships helped to determine the course of theological disputes in the generation between the ascension of Nestorius and the Council of Chalcedon. These were obviously key factors both in the development of the conflict and in its ultimate treatment at Chalcedon (the deposition of Dioscorus, of course, ultimately occurred for personal and not doctrinal offences). Schor offers one of the best descriptions of the interplay between doctrine and personality in this period and, as such, points to a new, integrative way to understand Christological conflict. Schor's second important contribution concerns his use of network theory. In the past two decades scholars have drawn upon network theory to rewrite portions of the social, economic and religious history of the later Roman world. Theodoret's people applies network theory in a more extensive and developed way that maps the trajectory of a long and fluid religious conflict. Its great success in doing this will be useful not only to scholars of Theodoret but to those working on the social history of the later Roman world more generally.