Is the following sentence of the last paragraph, of the last chapter of the book a downright condemnation of religion or at least Victorian English society? "the President of the Immortals, in the Aeschlyean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess".
This would be considered a condemnation of society, rather than a condemnation of religion. The statement is filled with irony, as Tess received no justice. Hardy ends the novel with a brief explanation of Tess's fate that laments the ironic justice that she received. For suffering through Alec d'Urberville and the consequences of his treatment toward her, Tess receives the justice' of execution for finally reasserting herself in the face of her seducer.
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