The Stranger

The Stranger is about a secular man living in a dominantly secular world.  Albert Camus does not present the religious side to dealing with any of the problems Mersault encounters. Evidently enough, Camus uses the neglect of Mersault through his life experiences to show that through this life, secular dealings are the only solution. However, when reviewing the book maybe Camus uses this horrible fate of Mersault to highlight that attending to problems through a secular lens does not work, and only something greater, possibly a religious lens, could affectively help cope with the problems presented through The Stranger. Although this idea may be applicable, no sign of any religious aspect is used throughout the story, which leads me to believe this secular insufficiency concept was not Camus' intention. Unlike the Stranger, Crime and Punishment uses little traces of religion to usher in that other side to dealing with life, and by the end it was evident Dostoyevsky intended to highlight secular insufficiency compared to religious superiority.  Camus does not show any intention of doing this, which highlights his idea of neglect of religion both through him and through Mersault. The Stranger, and Camus, if addressed my question, would probably respond something like, "What is religion?  Religion sounds illogical, don't put your faith in things you cannot see."